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Description
A carved figure with dark hair spreading beside the head holds a large shield in both hands. The face looks slightly upwards and retains painted eyes, eyebrows and red lips. The pale grey robe has traces of red colouring around the sleeves. No wings are visible. The shield displays a broad, faded red chevron on a pale background, surrounded by a dark border whose inner edge has rounded scallops, particularly clear across the top.
Heraldry
Provisional blazon: Argent, a chevron Gules; in chief a label of five points Sable.
In plain English: A white or silver shield bearing a broad red chevron, with a black horizontal label of five hanging points across its upper part.
The red chevron is clear. The dark upper charge appears to be a label, although surface wear makes the exact number and shape of its points less secure.
Identification: RCHME: Argent, a chevron gules; Buckeridge: Argent, a chevron gules St GEORGE.
Condition
The painted surfaces are worn, especially around the nose, chin, hands and lower shield. A pronounced split runs down the shoulder and upper arm on the right of the photograph towards a dark fixing recess. Another recess is visible on the opposite arm. The shield has fine cracks, rough patches and chipped edges, with substantial wear towards its point. A thick sheet of cobwebs stretches across the top of the head and onto the surrounding timber. The photograph is somewhat soft, limiting examination of finer details.