Description
A carved figure with dark hair spreading out on either side of its face holds a pointed shield. No wings are visible. Its robe retains pale grey and red paint, with a blue-green collar, a pale neckband and a small pendant-like ornament at the throat. Both hands curve around the shield’s lower sides. The pale shield bears a broad red cross, with dark edging surviving beside parts of its arms.
Heraldry
Provisional blazon: Gules, in chief two billets Or; the remainder of the shield indistinct.
In plain English, the shield has a red cross, possibly the cross of St George, with two upright gold rectangular shapes in its upper part. Severe paint loss towards the base makes it impossible to determine whether the original design included further charges.
Identification: RCHME: Argent, a cross gules; Buckeridge: Argent, a cross gules.
Condition
Paint loss affects the face, hair, robe and hands, with particularly conspicuous losses around the eye on the viewer’s right. The shield’s red cross remains clearly recognisable, but extensive wear exposes wood across its lower portion and point. Vertical cracks interrupt the pale upper fields and central red area. The hands and shield edges are chipped and worn, and a small dark hole is visible near the lower point.