MAGNIFICENT AND SUBSTANTIAL PRUSSO-POLISH SCULPTED OAK ARMORIAL PANEL

MAGNIFICENT AND SUBSTANTIAL PRUSSO-POLISH SCULPTED OAK ARMORIAL PANEL, early 19th century, the central shield with recessed relief carved spread eagle holding orb and sceptre beneath a coronet, on a chequered ground beneath a further coronet and helm surmount carved in high relief, beneath a profusion of scrolling and tumbling acanthus leaves flanking a crown, the lion bearers also crowned, a ribbon below with carved military order decorations, all on a rectangular back plate with ogee moulded frame, 150cm high x 190cm wide x 23cm protuberance Note: The arms have been identified as those of the Counts Gurowski, created Counts of Prussia in 1787. It is probable that the armorial was carved in the early part of the 19th century to commemorate the family's most recent noble elevation and was perhaps hung at the palace complex at Trzebiny in west Poland, a Baroque palace built for the Gurowski family in the 17th century. By the mid 19th century the family had fallen from grace and the palace sold to the von Leesen family who presumably removed the armorial at that point