Provenance: 

From the private collection of the Pot Man, Aragon (2011). 

Description:

Each shaped torchiere painted with vibrant hues of green and blue, the knuckles punctuated with red and gilt paint, to the sweeping bases three escutcheons, to the front a ‘chequy of or and vair, of five rows, each of three points, each point of vair composed of two rows, with a bordure gules charged with eight crosses of or’ (échiqueté d'or et de vair, de cinq tires, chacune de trois points, chaque point de vair de deux tires, à la bordure de gueules chargée de huit croix d'or) and to either side opposing ‘or a cross moline sable’ (d’or, à la croix ancrée de sable). The first coat of arms appears to be those of a cadet branch of the Spanish house of Velasco, specifically a branch with matrilineal relations to the house of Espinosa given the use of the Velasco escutcheon within the Espinosa border, with charged bordures  typically denoting maternal descent. The second coat of arms is possibly that used by either the Acres of Forez or the Bruyères, both of France.  Late 17th - Early 18th Century. 

Dimensions:

Height: 135cm

Width:  38cm

Provenance: 

From the private collection of the Pot Man, Aragon (2011). 

Description:

Each shaped torchiere painted with vibrant hues of green and blue, the knuckles punctuated with red and gilt paint, to the sweeping bases three escutcheons, to the front a ‘chequy of or and vair, of five rows, each of three points, each point of vair composed of two rows, with a bordure gules charged with eight crosses of or’ (échiqueté d'or et de vair, de cinq tires, chacune de trois points, chaque point de vair de deux tires, à la bordure de gueules chargée de huit croix d'or) and to either side opposing ‘or a cross moline sable’ (d’or, à la croix ancrée de sable). The first coat of arms appears to be those of a cadet branch of the Spanish house of Velasco, specifically a branch with matrilineal relations to the house of Espinosa given the use of the Velasco escutcheon within the Espinosa border, with charged bordures  typically denoting maternal descent. The second coat of arms is possibly that used by either the Acres of Forez or the Bruyères, both of France.  Late 17th - Early 18th Century. 

Dimensions:

Height: 135cm

Width:  38cm