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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What is this? Some kind of coat of arms.. Help very much apprieciated!

« on: June 03, 2011, 10:36:01 am »

I was using rubbery as to the density of the material it doesnt seem to be metal it seems to be a very dense and heavy like maybe a plaster or stone type material almost but it appears to have been cast so im not sure?? It seems to be a strong material, it for sure isnt a metal.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What is this? Some kind of coat of arms.. Help very much apprieciated!

« on: June 02, 2011, 09:33:07 pm »

I'm really just curious if its worth having appraised or if its a reproduction or something.. I really have no use for it and im not sure I want to hang this heavy thing on my wall anyways lol

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What is this? Some kind of coat of arms.. Help very much apprieciated!

« on: June 02, 2011, 09:25:57 pm »

Here are the better pics..







Like I said before im not sure what its made out of its pretty heavy it has to be apx. 50lbs..

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What is this? Some kind of coat of arms.. Help very much apprieciated!

« on: June 01, 2011, 02:36:46 pm »

Believe this might help you a bit.....The Lion and the Unicorn are the symbol of the United Kingdom.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_and_the_Unicorn

In the upper left (first) and bottom right (fourth) quarters are the 3 lions of England.  In the second quarter (top right) is the Lion of Scotland....but the 3rd quarter is different.....it typically contians a harp of Ireland.....so am not sure on this except that this is a decorative symbol on a decorative piece!

Thank you i checked it out although their info seems to be limited it def. is a strange piece that im not accustomed to

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Antique Questions Forum / What is this? Some kind of coat of arms.. Help very much apprieciated!

« on: June 01, 2011, 01:15:30 pm »

   Ok im new to the site and any help here would be greatly apprieciated, I got this plaque or coat of arms in my fathers estate when he passed away a few years back he peddled alot of antiques and oddities and he has had this thing for as long as I can remember and ive found pictures of him with it from several years back he always thought it was "something" and personally i just want to know what it is, It seems to be made of a rubbery very dense almost like plaster and is fairly heavy really maybe 40-50 lbs im not sure of what it even says on it if anyone knows please share!! But if i could get an explanation of it and even if it is worth anything at all?? Thanks for looking everyone