ANTIQUE MAJOLICA PLATE Civic heraldry of France - Armorial de France [*4-1-L]

ANTIQUE MAJOLICA PLATE Civic heraldry of France - Armorial de France/La France héraldique.  PLATE 6 1/2" DIAM, TWO CHIPS NOTICED IN PICTURES, SOME SCRATCHES COMMENSURATE WITH AGE (1800s) on two scrolls was written : A ma vie, as I have said The first to use the motto was the duke John IV who founded the order of the hermine: (He called together the prelates, abbots and clerics of all estates, lords, knights and squires who bore new collars of great beauty)The motto referred to the return 'For Life ' to Brittany of John IV, Brittany being symbolized by the ermine. Soon after the creation of the order its motto and emblem were engraved on the signet of John IV