A COLLECTION OF NINE PAINTED ARMORIAL CRESTS AND COATS OF ARMS

 On the 14th of January, a collection of nine painted armorial crests and coats of arms went up for auction with Woolley and Wallis Auctioneers. 

Described as A COLLECTION OF NINE PAINTED ARMORIAL CRESTS AND COATS OF ARMS EARLY 18TH CENTURY relating to the ancient family of Brereton, Cheshire and perhaps from Brereton Hall, the shields with the arms of Castle / Caerleon, Willoughby Baron Middleton, the Earls of Chester, Brereton, Malpas, Egerton, Corbet, Orreby possibly Strange and Clobery or Waller, some on a carved, painted and gilt scrolling strapwork mount (A lot)20.5cm high, 18cm wide (max).

I had to doctor the image as their photo had the quartered coat, bottom left, upside down. It is now righted.

With a guide price (estimate) of £300 to £400, the hammer fell at £1008.00 including buyer's premium.

One I missed from an auction 10th March 2021

 Here's one that I missed. Sold for £130 on the 10th March 2021 at Dominic Winter Auctions.

Lot 373

Heraldry - Edmondson (Joseph). Collection of 154 engraved plates of armorial bearings, late 18th c.

Sold for £130

Heraldry - Edmondson (Joseph). A collection of 154 engraved plates of armorial bearings, [London, circa 1764-1784?], manuscript title in red & black, two leaves of manuscript index, 154 engraved plates of armorial bearings (many after Batolozzi, including one double-page), light toning, margins with short closed tears, frayed and brittle margins, ownership label of Sir Bernard Burke of Tullamaine House, Dublin to front free marbled endpaper (label with acquisition date of 29th September, 1886), all loosely contained within contemporary half calf boards (detached), lacking spine, worn, folio (44.5 x 27.5 cm)

(Quantity: 1)

The plates appear to be from 'Baronagium Genealogicum: or the Pedigrees of the English Peers,' 6 vols. including Supplement, 1764-84, by Sir William Segar and Joseph Edmondson. Joseph Edmondson (d. 1786), was a coach-painter, often employed to emblazon arms on carriages, an activity which led to the study of heraldry and genealogy. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, in March 1764 Edmondson was created Mowbray Herald Extraordinary.

The Barons Brereton

 I have been informed by a friend of the Cheshire Heraldry website, Michael Furlong, that a French auction site is offering for sale a painting which appears to be the arms of the Barons Brereton.

Described as a "Coat Of Arms Painted On Parchment, Italy 17th Century". Coat of arms painted on parchment Italy 17th century. Gilt wood frame.

Coat Of Arms Painted On Parchment, Italy 17th Century. Price: 1500 €

Period: 17th century. Style: Louis 14th, Regency. Condition: Excellent condition. 

Material: Parchment: Width: 36 cm Height: 44.5 cm

Reference: 673578

A.J Antiquités

The 2nd and 3rd quarters appear to be "Or, three piles conjoined in base Gules"

I'm not sure where the Italian reference came from but many thanks to Michael for alerting me to it.

Victorian oil painting Twemlow of Hatherton

Sold by Bonhams, Auction House, on the 28th April 2010, from the Sampson and Horne Collection, for £660 including premium.

A VICTORIAN OIL ON PANEL OF THE ARMS OF THE TWEMLOW FAMILY

Within a carved oak frame, the reverse with the carved inscription, 'ARMS OF THE TREMLOW'S of HATHERTON, CHESHIRE, 1686', together with an earlier oil on metal armorial for the same family, 30.5cm high, 22cm wide, (12" high, 8.5" wide) (2 items in the lot)

Sampson & Horne Antiques were a major dealership on the London antiques scene and it closed with the announcement of the auction of the entire trading stock at Bonhams on April 28 2010. 

1887 William John McNeight Palmerston Park ULSTER GRANT OF ARMS Boxed

Recently offered for sale on eBay with a buy it now price of  £1,850; 1887 William John McNeight Palmerston Park ULSTER GRANT OF ARMS Boxed.

Described by the buyer as being a "Antique Queen Victoria 1887 Grant of Arms in its original official black leather box of issue. The box first... this is wood with black leather and the gilt Crowns & VR Cipher - Cypher to the lid and front.. with gilt embossing tooling as well.

Two good brass hook and snecks.

It has rubs and scuffs on the corners and the base has been a little damp in the past with the stain and curling of the base material. The box is 21 inch long x 3 and half inch wide x 3 and half inch tall.

Undo the snecks....see a really nice brown mottled paper inside with an inset HOLE for the circular seal in the base, which has a red paper in here. Two good brass hinges on the lid.

The Grant of Arms is rolled up and the black wax seal is attached by a pale blue silk ribbon which hangs down off the main document 9 inch.

The black wax seal is 2 and quarter inch dia x 1/4 inch deep.

The document is all hand written and its to GRANT the ARMS to William John McNeight of Eastwell, Palmerston Park, Dublin.

He was a merchant according to this document written in 1887 and son of Robert McNeight of Nelson Street in the city of Dublin, Gentleman, deceased by Mary his wife sister of Hugh Moore of the city of Dublin.

The chap granting the arms is Sir John Bernard Burke Ulster King of Arms and it is signed by him down at the bottom left side.

Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland.

It then has 4 lines of the actual Heraldic terms of his Arms granted and the Crest too.

The arms are very nice and illuminated.

The official orange embossed seal at the left hand side has the fine sheet of silver in it as well.. it cost TEN POUNDS with the Inland Revenue Dublin date 1887.... there is the small printed paper seal stuck on the back too as usual.

The Ulster Grant of Arms is 20 inch x 19 inch ... remember the seal hangs off a further 9 inch on the pale silk blue ribbon.

These look well framed up especially if you are RELATED to the named person. 

I like to collect this sort of item myself too as they are unique.. they do not make duplicates of these.

William John McNeight was Chairman and Managing Director of Hugh Moore & Alexander Ltd - Wholesale Druggists and he died June 6th aged 76 which is mentioned in the 1910 issue of The Chemist & Druggist magazine.

He left a large estate £21,554 and afew shillings and pence too. 

Notice this name Hugh Moore ...remember on this document it says his mother Mary was Hugh Moore's sister... so thats how he got that position in that firm.

A very nice antique Grant of Arms." 

Boxed 1887 Alfred Edward Kitching Gt Ayton GRANT OF ARMS Document & 2 Seals

Recently listed on eBay with a buy it now price of £2'590. Boxed 1887 Alfred Edward Kitching Gt Ayton GRANT OF ARMS Document & 2 Seals.

Described by the seller as: "From the late Lord Boston of Faversham's (1930-2011)  collection of Queen Victoria related items, he had a most interesting life.  After serving in the RAF National Service and getting a Degree in Law, he joined the BBC where he produced current affairs programmes.  He was then called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1960.  He was very much into politics and had been a member of the Labour party since he was 16.  He won the Faversham bi-election in 1964 and was created a life peer on Harold Wilson's resignation in 1976.  He spent 10 years being a chairman of a broadcasting company and then went back to Westminster where he served as Deputy Speaker until 2011.  Lord Boston was an avid collector and I used to bump into him at the live auctions.  Be assured all the items are from his vast personal collection.  We are all very fortunate to have the opportunity to buy them once again. These will be gone in no time so please do not hang about...

This is another UNIQUE item....in wonderful condition. The black leather box which holds the document and seals is in its own Pine box as well... there is no lid for this pine box.

So the black leather rectangular box is in superb condition with very minor scuffs and rubs, it has been well looked after, it has embossed tooling on the leather as well as gilt embossed Royal CROWNS with the VR cypher..cipher ... 3 on the lid and 3 at the front ...it has 2 inset brass locks ...these work fine. It has a fresh scuff in the centre of the front just above the VR .... this was done on the auction viewing day which has PEEVED me no end...since it was not like this when I first viewed the lot.. Folks should be more careful with valuable items, especially when they have no intention of bidding on an item.

So open the lid... the interior is clean with blue and gold design paper... the scroll is rolled up in the back and has two attached brass SEAL tins.. these both have a CROWN upon the lid. 

The seals are within the tins and adjoined to the document via blue ribbons... these seals are WAX....both in SUPERB condition and both are different.. left hand side one is for THE SEAL OF THE OFFICE OF GARTER PRINCIPAL KING OF ARMS.... the right hand side one says .. THE SEAL OF GEORGE EDWARD COKAYNE ESQ, NORROY KING OF ARMS.

The document is an official illuminated GRANT OF ARMS ...and it is all hand written and has a lot of important peoples names upon it  whom were in office during this time in relation to Granting the Arms to this man.

On the left hand side it has 2 embossed seals and these have a small slivver of silver in them as well... just as normal with such documents.

So now to unroll the Grant of Arms... you will need to put weights in the corners as it wants to spring back into a roll.. you will see the SIGNATURES near the ribbon of the two men that have their seals at the bottom of the document.

So looking at it now.. you will see how elaborate it is... it has his coat of arms on the left with the Latin motto..  NUNQUAM NON FIDELIS ... and 3 smaller Coats of Arms above the main wording... it goes on to mention Sir Albert William Woods, Knight Garter Principal King of Arms and George Edward Cokayne, Esquire, Norroy King of Arms of the North parts of England from the river Trent northwards Send Greetings to ALFRED EDWARD KITCHING of Ayton Firs in the Parishes of Great & Little Ayton in the North Riding of the County York ...then it goes on to mention The Most Noble HENRY DUKE of NORFOLK , Earl Marshal & Hereditary Marshal of England , Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter... it then goes on to ask permission to Grant the Arms of the family and mentions his late father  Alfred Kitching of Elm Field in the borough of Darlington in County Durham ...then it goes on to Grant him the Arms and describes the Arms as they do in Latin terms.. ...then it goes on to give the date and Queen Victoria 1887. 

So .... who was Alfred Edward Kitching.

Alfred Edward Kitching was born 1858 and died in 1939 ..He inherited Ayton Firs from his father .. he married Annie Backhouse Richardson and one of their sons was in the team that won a Gold medal in the Olympics...... these surnames being familiar to me allready from the famous Darlington Quaker familes related to the Pease familes.. the Backhouse being Bankers and the Richardsons .. Shipbuilders..later from the Potto area ... Alfred was Mayor of Darlington and he started the Whesso Foundry amongst other things..there are many pages on GOOGLE about this family ...read below about them both on this website below 1929 and 1939. 

The actual Grant of Arms rolled up bit of paper is approx 53cm x 67cm .. the seal tins are 7cm dia x 2cm deep.. the black leather official QUEEN VICTORIA cipher box is 56cm long x 14cm wide x 6cm deep.. the pine outer box is just a bit larger than that. ...59cm x 18cm x 7.5cm....with NO lid remember on the pine outer box.. . 

The item(s) are shown next to an English 1 penny which is 20mm dia for scale."

As usual, I have created an album and added the other images to it here: https://bit.ly/3fxCwhp

Scottish Grant of Arms 1901 with other documents - Mackay Family

Recently listed on eBay with a buy it now price of US $825.00 Approximately £658.47; a Scottish Grant of Arms 1901 with other documents - Mackay Family.

Described by the seller as "Scottish Grant of Arms 1901 with other documents - Mackay Family.

An interesting collection of documents.  Primary document is the Grant of Arms for George Duncan Mackay, Esquire. A fantastic image with the motto "Manu Forti" or Strong Hand. Comes complete with the original box and the encased wax seal.  In the box were two other documents.  A rather worn birth certificate dating to 1904 and a very interesting large vellum document which looks like an 1849 marriage document of Humphres Manders Goulding and Hannah Houghton. At the bottom is a long list of witnesses which is an interesting way to commemorate the wedding and the guests who attended.  Great group of hand done antique and historically interesting documents."

I have created an album of the other images here: https://bit.ly/3h0bcbH

C 1788 Spanish illuminated manuscript heraldic pedigree and arms, bound.

This is a real Spanish beauty.

With a buy it now price of US $3,000.00 (approximately £2,377.65) listed on eBay as a C 1788 Spanish illuminated manuscript heraldic pedigree and arms, bound.

"A very fine original eighteenth century illuminated manuscript  Pedigree and Arms of the Truxillo Family. 

Size: 8.25 x 6.5 inches – 215x135mm). Original red morocco binding with gilt stamping.

60 bound parchment leaves include an ornate full page illuminated armorial coat of arms and equally beautiful full page half title with the seal of King Charles III of Spain  (1701-1788). The pedigree is attested and signed by Don Julian Joseph Brochero, principal “King of Arms” of Spain, at Madrid, 1788.

This fine manuscript book is elegantly scribed in Spanish and elaborately illuminated. Ornate gilt borders with floral motif surround each of the text pages.

In addition to the full page and half page illuminations, there are four armorial shields, ten illuminated initials painted in gold with scenic backgrounds surrounded by red and gold borders and a large foldout   family tree painted in red, green and blue.  

A very attractive and beautifully executed illuminated manuscript in an exceptional state of preservation, as seen in the photos. The illuminations, fine script,  and the meticulous detail of the initial are are visually appealing.  It was illuminated and scribed in Spain in 1788. This is an original, about 230 years old, not a reproduction. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. "

I have added the remaining images to an album here: 1788 Spanish Manuscript

Letters Patent for Sale - Daniell

Spotted for sale on Ebay with a buy it now price of £750 (but also with a "Make me an offer" button") is the Letters Patent of the grant of arms to the descendants of Joseph Staines Daniell (petition by Edward Staines Daniell).

The buyer describes the item as:

"An interesting armorial sealed document on vellum dating from 1905 granting a coat of arms to the descendents of Joseph Staines Daniell. 

This is the original grant of arms from the College Of Arms in London to a family for which only ONE document will exist (one fears that the Great War would have interrupted the lineage of the family). The College Of Arms will not have a copy, but will have records of its issue.

It is written on vellum and has two Revenue stamps* of £5 stamped onto paper which has been attached to the vellum. At the bottom of the document are two impressed wax seals in protective cases which are attached by blue ribbon. Both wax impressions are good.

The condition of the document is generally ‘good’ condition with some evidence of use/age. The condition of the formed case is also ‘good’ with working latches with minor abrasion. The hinge to the case is good.

I’m not sure what one would do with this, but I guess you could impress friends by hanging it in your  bathroom. 

* Revenue stamps in the United Kingdom are very important for legal documents as they validate a document’s authenticity having been submitted to a Government department for ’stamping’ and the payment of a government fee. ‘Stamped’ documents are essentially registered and become legal documents by the addition of the tax stamp and can be used in Court. Because vellum will not accept an impressed Revenue Stamp, such stamps were impressed on paper (with a silver strand) and then attached to the vellum."

It's always quite sad when these documents leave the original family and I tend to agree with the vendor, unless you are a collector (in which case you've got the funds to be one) I'm not sure what you'd do with it. Still, compared to others on the market it is relatively cheap!

Gerald Lysaght Bookplate for sale at £100

I have only recently become familiar with the world of armorial bookplates and have embarked upon a small and growing collection of my own however, some desirable plates are, I confess, way beyond my purse.

Presently for sale on Ebay is the bookplate of Gerald Lysaght, a major backer of the tragic 1921 - 22 Shackelton/Rowett expedition. It is an attractive plate in its own right but no doubt the history behind its owner has prompted a buy it now price of £100; this is too rich for my meager budget.

If my memory serves me correctly, one of these plates (possibly even this one) was included in an auction held by the Bookplate Society a few years ago with a guide price of £10. It is likely to have gone for far more than £10 and I remember being tempted then but feeling, even at that price, that it was likely to be too expensive for me! It looks as though I'm going to have to confine my collecting to the also-rans.

Armorial Bookplates sold for £1.12 each.

I have been following with interest the sale, on Ebay, of an album of armorial bookplates. With a starting price of just 99p (It was always going to sell for far more than that) the album was described as "Ex Libris Album 135 x Bookplates C19th Early C20th British & American".

The vendor described it as an album (10" x 8") of approx. 135 Bookplates dating mainly from 19th & early 20th Centuries. The album belonged to one Edith Oldham 1855-1946 and seems to have been handed down to F. Oldham with the date 1962 on the inside front cover. The album is broken and the contents range from poor to good condition with many old sellotape stains and several plates with missing corners. The bookplates were said to be thought to originate from the UK with a proportion from the USA plus the odd European example. They consist of armorial designs and later pictorial images.



With seven bidders making ten bids the hammer fell at £148.77 plus £4.50 UK delivery. Assuming that the winning bidder resides in the UK that makes an average price of £1.12 per bookplate. I wonder if it was purchased by a dealer who will now split them up and offer them for sale individually?

Sold - Medieval Armorial English Manuscript 1634

Another recent EBay sale worthy of note is the Medieval Armorial Manuscript described by the seller (in rather broken English) as an original medieval English family tree manuscript with painted and coloured coats of arms dated 1634, this is probably quite an unusual find for the commercial market as it is not often that something of this ilk presents itself for open bidding. It appears that the manuscript, which is an illustrated family tree on velum, is signed by Robert Cook and Robert Segar. The document is described as in a good overall condition with minor paint loss and stains with minor age browning. This vendor guarantees that it is “an Original and no reproduction”! The size is stated to be width417 mm. length 1028 mm.

The vendor notes that the document would require an export licence if sold to an overseas buyer.

There were four bidders placing five bids with the hammer falling at £931.99 with £4.99 quoted for economy delivery; if I’d won this item I think I might have requested recorded delivery!



I hope it has stayed in England; it would be rather nice to think that it has found a home where it could be displayed to the public but I somehow don't think that would be the case. Still, at least I/we got the chance to see some photographs of it while it was on the market - any heraldic crumb is greatly appreciated.

Cheshire Girl Guide Heraldic Badge

Another item of some Cheshire heraldic interest sold on EBay recently is a little Girl Guide Cheshire Border County Badge made by Butler of Birmingham and measuring 23 x 31mm.  It was sold on the 19th November for £5.19 plus £1.85 shipping. I confess to having placed a half hearted bid for this one with a starting price only bid but I’m quite pleased that it appears to have gone to a Guiding memorabilia collector who will no doubt cherish it.   



It caught my eye because it is similar to (and most likely taken from) the lion and garb in the badge used by Macclesfield  and that used as the basis for the Macclesfield armorial bearings; which in turn formed the basis of the unofficial heraldic badge of The Cheshire Heraldry Society.

Happy Heraldic New Year

My first post of the New Year reports two sales on eBay which may be of interest to armorists. The first is the sale of the Letters Patent of a grant from the College of Arms to Oswald Milne of Prestwich Lancashire which fell under the hammer for £335 (plus £11 post and packing) with interest from five bidders, the winner sniping a bid within the last few seconds to secure it.

Described by the seller as being a “Cased hand written and illuminated scroll, bestowing the right to bear a coat of arms. The box is embossed with Queen Victoria's initials. The scroll has two wax seals in gilt metal cases. Beautifully done, and in excellent condition, with just a little wear to the box. Included is the original receipt for £85, 18 shillings, a huge sum at the time, 1867.”

The seller included a photograph of one of the seals which appears to be that of Sir Charles George Young (1795 to 1869) who served as Garter from 1842 until his death.

The second item of interest fell had a certain familiarity with it in that I have a feeling I have seen it (or another of the same) offered for sale before but can’t be entirely sure. Described by the seller as an “Antique HERALDIC Crested Brass Cased ~ WAX SEAL ~ 1800s” with the “remains of a silk ribbon to the back” and sitting in its own brass case it is an ornate heraldic crest believed to be c1800. The item was stated as having a discreet crack to it, but otherwise very good order.  The seller professed to have no idea as to provenance but welcomed any input and felt that it must have value to have been cased and saved.

Two bidders fought hard over the period of the auction with the winner securing it for £29.99 (with £2.95 delivery).

Have a Happy Heraldic New Year.

Name and Arms 1825 - Under the hammer.

Recently sold on Ebay (12th July 2010) for a final bid of £155.87 and postage and packing of £8.00 Letters Patent to Richard Orford granting permission to use the name and arms of Robert Holt. Described by the vendor as being "an original scroll from the Royal College of Arms in London. The scroll is dated 1825. It gives permission for Richard Orford to use the surname and bear the arms of his wifes (sic) late father Robert Holt. Richard Orford was from Manchester. It is beautifully hand coloured in very good clean condition with only light wear from age. There are a few small surface bends and a small tear where one of the ribbons had been attached. It comes in its original box. The box is tatty but it could be easily restored."

Artistic License & The Quin's loose their Chief.

Burke's General Armory informs us, in the entry for Quin (Windham-Quin, Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl), that the Earl of Dunraven wishing to perpetuate the more ancient arms of his ancestors, the O'Qins of Munster, obtained from the present Ulster King of Arms the right to bear them [the arms of O'Quin] instead of those assigned to his ancestor, Thady Quin Esq., of Adare, by Carney, Ulster, 29th November 1688. The arms of Thady Quin are recorded in BGA as being Vert, a pegasus Ermine, a chief Or. Crest; A wolf's head erased Ermine.

Why then I wonder did Windham-Henry Wyndham-Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Montearl, omit the chief when he commissioned two armorial shields to commemorate his inheritance of Adare Manor in 1824?



These two armorial shields were sold last year by Christies for the huge sum of £6'875.00 ($10'368) and the one which is said to represent Quin has definitely lost its chief. Described as Two Irish Antiquarian Painted Pine and Ebonised Armorial Shields circa 1830 - 40 with Quin pegasus and Wyndham chevron, one marked "I.D", 32 in. (81½ cm.) high; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide they were sold at Christies' sale of 7th may 2009 at their London King Street saleroom.

The Lot Note stated that the shields were:

Commissioned following the Earl's inheritance of Adare Manor in 1824. The shields boast his descent in the Irish peerage with a name derived from the 2nd Century monarch of Ireland, Con of the Hundred Battles and his grandson Quin, who wielded the sceptre in 254. Together with the ancestral portraits and chivalric armour, these heraldically charged shields hung in the Great Gallery, which had been romantically aggrandised in the 1830s under the direction of the architect Lewis Cottingham (d.1847), author of Plans, etc. of Westminster Hall, 1822. In 1839, the antiquarian Earl, a member of the Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture, recorded that his embellishment of the Gallery with heraldic glass designed by Thomas Willement had given it the handsome air of a Cathedral. He went on to patronise A.N.W Pugin in the 1840s.

These items were way out of my pocket but nevertheless aroused my curiosity for two reasons; because of the missing chief and because I quite like the artistic style. The erased lions' heads flowing over the chevron and the pegasus almost too large for the shield along with the rather unusual, if not rare, inclusion of an actual head inside the helm (somewhat spooky perhaps) make them, to my eyes at least, rather splendid.

Sold - A 19th Century Grant of Arms

On the 26th March with six bidders competing for ownership the eBay hammer was knocked down at £385.00 (plus £10 UK postage) on a grant of arms to Reginald Benett Graves Knyfton of Uphill castle in Somerset.  Described by the vendor as a "grant of a coat of arms document with 4 hand painted coats of arms along the top, dated 1895 and awarded to Reginald Benett Graves Knyfton of Uphill castle in Somerset, complete with the two gilt metal cased red wax seals attached to the lower edge by blue ribbons, comes in its original red leather covered wood case with gold crowned V.R. cyphers and sliding brass catches, excellent condition ".

19th Century Scottish Grant of Arms Wallace & Leather Box

Taking a brief look at internet auction sales during 2009 I came across this one which I don't think I had time to bring to your attention. It is the 19th Century Scottish Grant of Arms to Wallace complete with original Leather Box.

 

Described as being a 59cm x 44cm grant of arms document hand painted with the arms and motto of Hugh Robert Wallace of Busbie and Cloncaid, dated 1898, with the original red wax seal contained in a black metal case and attached to the document by red and white silk rope which has a tassel, the document was sold along with its original red leather box with VR cypher in gold on the top.

The winning bidder aquired the lot for the reasonable bid of £412 on the 8th May 2009.
History: 8 bids
Winning bidder: Bidder 4 

The original box is, in my humble opinion, a superior item when compared with the cardboard tube Scottish grants arrive in today.


Ordinary of Arms:
Argent, on a chief Gules three lions' heads erased of the first (1st & 4th quarters of 3rd grand quarter) 2nd matriculation 1898
Azure, a crescent Or between three cross crosslets Argent (2nd and third grand quarters of 3rd grand quarters for Richie of Craigton) on an escutcheon of pretense Campbell of Cammo.
Gules, a fess chequy Argent and Azure (2nd and third grand quarters of 2nd grand quarter for Wallace of Craigie) Wallace of Busbie and Edencaird.
Gyrony of eight Or and Sable, on a chief Azure a galley, oars in action, flags flying, between two mullets Or, on an escutcheon of pretense over Wallace of Busbie and Cloncaird (Alexander Campbell of Cammo 1873)
Gules a lion rampant Argent (Ist and 4th quarters of 2nd grand quarter for Wallace of Craigie)
Gules, a lion rampant Argent within a bordure compony of the last and Azure Wallace of Busbie and Cloncaid, co Ayre (1st Matric 1888)
Or, a lion rampant Sable within a double tressure flory counter flory of the second, a bordure Gules charged with eight crescents Argent Patrick Buchanan, son of Miltoun (1672-7)

19th Century Scottish Hand Painted Heraldic Crest (sic) Frame

19th Century Scottish Hand Painted Heraldic Crest Framed

46cm x 37cm overall frame size

Contains an original hand painted coat of arms for Hugh Robert Wallace

Contained in the original glazed wooden frame

£81.77  
 

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Ended: 08-May-09 11:38:18 BST
 Postage: £13.00
Seller's Standard Rate
Service to United Kingdom
Post to: Worldwide
Item location: Chorley, United Kingdom
History: 7 bids
Winning bidder: Bidder 1 
19th Century Scottish Grant of Arms Wallace 1888

60cm x 44cm grant of arms document with a hand painted coat of arms granted to Hugh Robert Wallace of Busbie and Cloncaird in the county of Ayr, dated 1888

Complete with the large red wax seal contained in a black tin and attached by coloured silk rope

Winning bid: £265.00  
 

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Ended: 08-May-09 11:41:08 BST
 Postage: £6.00
Seller's Standard Rate
Service to United Kingdom
Post to: Worldwide
Item location: Chorley, United Kingdom
History: 10 bids
Winning bidder: Bidder 1

Booth - George 2nd earl of Warrington

Continuing the heraldry under the hammer theme, Christies auction house has listed the upcoming auction of the Roger Warner collection on 20th - 21st January and lot 348, the arms of Booth quartering others for George 2nd earl of Warrington, is of particular interest to the Cheshire Heraldry weblog. With an estimate of £3000 to £5000 this one will not be gracing Cheshire Heraldry Towers. 



Image courtesy of Christies - Booth quartering others for George 2nd earl of Warrington.

Henry Thomas Cart- de - Lafontaine - eBay Letters Patent

Sold on eBay for £265.00 on the 9th December 2008 this grant of arms attracted seven bidders.

 

Described in the heading, by the vendor, as a "fine King George V grant of arms & seals in box" and further described thus:

This magnificent hand painted and written document is in the original box with both original wax seals attached. The document is a bestowal of the arms to Henry Thomas Cart de Lafontaine in 1914. The velum document has three superbly painted coats of arms in the upper right corner. The red morocco leather covered box has the cypher of King George V impressed in guilt and has a tooled border. The box is scuffed and scratched in places. Box 56cm x 14 Document approx 50 cm x 75 cm. A lovely original piece of history in good condition."