A catalog of the antiquities and works of art, exhibited at Ironmongers' Hall, London, in the month of May, 1861 (1869)
London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, French, George Russell, 1803-1881, London (England). Ironmongers' Company · [S.l. : s.n.] · leaf 238
o an officer in the service of Cosmo de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany,1537-1574. The embossed Florentine Jlcur-dc-lys on the sides is distinguished from the Frenchlily by the two sprigs, or petals, one on each side of the centre leaf This badge was grantedto the Medici family by Louis XL,… … terminates in scrolls. On either side is a female winged figure, one as Fame, having her trumpet ;the other is Peace, with a palm-branch ; and each holding the God of War by his flowing beard.Italian work, circa 1540. At a tournament held at Florence, in 1468, Lorenzo de Medici greatly…
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