Interesting
shield. It certainly does remind me of something being hung on a 17th Century castle wall.
That raises a question, what century is that shield from? I don't know much about fonts, but that font looks too modern to be something from the 17th century, it's just me. I don't know much about fonts.
Call me delusional if I'm completely wrong, but the ground the Lion is walking on is round. People, to my knowledge, really only started to accept the world was round until the around the 18th century, though educated people way before knew as well. Unless the Lion is walking on a hill.
These are just my guesses. I don't know much about shields at all, but this could've been some 19th Century practice piece.[/i][/u]