A Rare 19thC Silkwork & Bullion Embroidery Banner of the British Royal Coat of Arms sub-Architectural & Garden A lion's skull is strong

A lion's skull is strong and heavy

Of Royalist interest

He did a number of important society portraits in a late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

The rather large and early English school oil on oak panel depicting a bearded gentleman or nobleman in typical period attire

though the draws are sliding and the piece on the whole is structurally sound

A Rare 19thC Silkwork & Bullion Embroidery Banner of the British Royal Coat of Arms sub-Architectural & Garden A lion's skull is strongOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 90 Width: 29. 5 Depth: 1 Height: 26 The scarce silkwork and bullion embroidery, in unrestored original order, hand worked in silk threads featuring scratch and bullion embroidery with Lion and Unicorn and accompanying words "Dieu est mon Droit" and "Honi soit qui mal y pense", to a sea green ground, and most likely for military or ceremonial use, to a blue dogtooth border,