8" Diameter Plated Tray Garstang Show 1998 By Carrs Garstang.

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8" Diameter Plated Presentation Tray Garstang Show 1998 By Carrs of Garstang. Engraved nicely with the Garstang Crest and the words " Garstang Show 1998 " DETAILS OF THE GARSTANG CREST. Official blazon Arms : Per fesse Gules and Argent a Fesse wavy barry wavy of four of the second and Azure in chief two Crosiers in saltire Or between as many pierced Cinquefoils Ermine and in base a Rose of the first barbed and seeded proper. Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours upon the Battlements of a Square Tower proper a Lion couchant resting the dexter forepaw on a Garb Or. Motto : 'CURANDUM OMNIUM BONUM' - The welfare of all is our concern Origin/meaning The arms were officially granted on September 9, 1949.The white and blue wave across the shield represents the River Wyre flowing through the district. The two ermine cinquefoils are taken from the arms of the Hamilton family, who came into possession of much of the land in the district. The crosiers recall the Abbey of Cockersand and the Rose of Lancaster completes the shield.The crest is based on an old seal of Garstang itself, a former borough, which used the device of a lion in a curious half-rising attitude which earned it locally the name of "the lion levant". There is little doubt that this was a crudely drawn version of the couchant lion which was the crest of the de Lancasters, who read more