The cast bronze mounts each with two faces representing the family crest of Lloyd-Mostyn - a Saracen's head affrontee erased at the neck Proper, wreathed about the temples Argent and...
The cast bronze mounts each with two faces representing the family crest of Lloyd-Mostyn - a Saracen's head affrontee erased at the neck Proper, wreathed about the temples Argent and Sable (Lloyd) (the head facing the viewer, the neck with a ragged edge, with a black and white head wreath.)
Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn (1795-1884), was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Born Edward Lloyd, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Mostyn in 1831, which indicates these mounts date from after that year. The 2nd Baron lived at Mostyn Hall, Flintshire and also had a home at 14 Park Place, Middlesex. A print in The British Museum by Samuel Bellin after a portrait of Sir Edward, 2nd Lord Mostyn by William Jones (fl. c. 1830s-1850s) features a coloured version of the crest incorporating the Saracen's head with the black and white wreath
The Mostyn Baronetcy, of Mostyn in the County of Flint, was created in the Baronetage of England on 3 August 1660 for Roger Mostyn. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Caernarfon. The third Baronet represented Flintshire, Flint and Cheshire in the House of Commons and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire. The fourth, fifth and sixth Baronets all sat as Members of Parliament for Flintshire. The fifth Baronet was also Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1831. Elizabeth, sister of the sixth Baronet, married Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, 2nd Baronet.