Lot 19 , A James I enamelled brass garter stall plate, dated 1603 with the arms of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox (1579-1624)

A James I enamelled brass garter stall plate, dated 1603 with the arms of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox (1579-1624), enamelled and gilded with the Arms of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox: Quarterly of 4, 1&4: Arms awarded in 1427 by King Charles VII of France to Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny, 1st Seigneur de Concressault and 1st Comte d'Évreux, Constable of the Scottish Army in France: Royal arms of France within a bordure of Bonkyll, for the arms of the de Bonkyll family of Bonkyll Castle in Scotland (whose canting arms were three buckles), ancestors of Stewart of Darnley; 2&3: Stewart of Darnley: Arms of Stewart, Hereditary High Steward of Scotland, a bordure engrailed gules for difference; overall an inescutcheon of Lennox, Earl of Lennox, the heiress of whom was the wife of Sir John Stewart of Darnley, inscribed in Old French, 19 x 12.7cm
£600-800

Condition:
Losses to the enamel on the mantle and the central shield. Some wear to the gilding notably around the text. The metal panel is slightly convex with some dents to the corners and misshapen holes bottom left and bottom right.

Sold for £3,400