Description

Embroidered school blazer badges on a dark blue felt backing, mounted on hardboard. Gold thread grid and shield edges. Image of Father Time and ‘The Lord’s Schools’ in silver thread. Ten individual shields. Left to right, top to bottom: 1: Cheltenham College. Black, red and gold diagonal stripes; gold, bound axe, two, black Fleur de Lis, red star, silver, crossed swords. 2: Clifton College. Lower two thirds white ground with pale blue chevron, blue sheaf of corn, two blue crosses, upper third red with two closed, white books and gold crown. 3: Beaumont College. Pale blue ground, inverted horseshoe and three crosses. 4: Eton College. Black ground with three silver lilies, upper quadrants - pale blue with gold Fleur de Lis, red with gold leopard, passant. 5: Rugby School. Pale blue with gold ‘fesse engrailed’ horizontal band. Three yellow griffin’s heads, two red roses and dark blue Fleur de Lis. 6: Harrow School. White ground, royal blue lion, rampant, rose and wreath in upper left corner, pierced with arrows. 7: Marlborough School. Lower two thirds pale blue ground with gold and white open book, upper third red and silver with gold bishop’s mitre, flanked by two silver crosses. 8: Haileybury College. Pale blue ground, white and gold, open book ‘Sursum Corda’, three winged hearts. 9: Tonbridge School. Red and pale blue quadrants with central white cross. Three, gold hog’s heads and white horizontal ‘fess raguly’ ragged band and three gold lions, rampant. 10: The Oratory School. Cream ground, horizontal, wavy red band, three red hearts and cardinal’s hat above. Mount has framers and makers labels attached. Anonymous letter to Secretary in archive