A MID 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH APPLIQUE CEREMONIAL TRUMPET BANNER FOR THE LIFE GUARDS (HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY) CIRCA 1860
the embroidered royal coat of arms flanked by the lion and unicorn worked in gold and silver and coloured threads on crimson silk ground, with scrolling letters 'V R', and fringed border, in a rectangular glazed frame with a plaquette inscribed 'THE LIFE GUARDS TRUMPET BANNER C.1860', with a label to the reverse for the Parker Gallery, 2 Albermarle Street, London,
the banner 60cm wide x 46cm high including fringing, the frame 74cm x 59cm

Provenance: From Malmesbury House, sold with a photograph of the banner hanging in the house.

An almost identical banner was sold at Sotheby's, London, 22 July 2004, lot 1, catalogued as 18th century.