SOMERSET YEOMEN CAVALRY 3RD SQUADRON GUIDON 1795-1815. An extremely fine quality and very rare example presented by Sophia, Countess Powlett in 1795. 86 x 58cm including the 3.8cm fringe and of ‘swallow-tail’ format, the pink silk ground with very fine painted decoration, in the centre a Countess’s coronet over double oval armorials, the first displaying the Paulet Arms of her husband, the Earl Powlett KT, and the second her family’s arms (Pocock), a motto scroll below ‘Gardez La Foy’, below this an oval bearing ‘3’. A scroll above the coronet ‘Somerset Yeomen Cavalry’. Four attendant panels display in two a Countess’s coronet and script initials ‘SP’, the other two with Union sprays. Now laid down on a green cloth ground and contained within a wood and glazed frame, a plaque on the frame with presentation details, some inevitable fractures to the silk ground but the paint work in really remarkable condition
£2000-3000
Sophia Pocock was the daughter of Admiral Sir George Pocock, K.B. Note: The purchaser will require external shippers.
