[Equestrian figure holding a sceptre.]
Will some one be so kind as to explain the meaning of this design?
I may mention that there is little doubt that this cloth, as well as the others, belonged to the son of the gentleman before mentioned, and that it is very unlikely that it ever belonged to the royal household. This may perhaps affect the inference of your correspondent H. W. D. from the inscription "Der König Georg II." (Vol. iii., p. 229.).
No. VI.
[A group of figures:—On the right an eastern monarch standing, and in an attitude of command towards a female figure on the left, who is stooping down to put something into the gaping mouth of a dragon, while with her left hand she points towards the king. Behind the woman are three men turning towards the king in attitudes of entreaty.]
“BABYLON.”
[A man and woman kneeling down, with hands raised as in supplication or astonishment.]
“DANIEL, XIIII.”
[A tree with two birds in it. In front of the tree an angel flying downwards; and underneath, a man in the same attitude, holding a vessel shaped like a pitch-kettle in the left hand, and what appears to be a small loaf or cake in the right.]
All the above figures are in oriental costume. The date of this cloth cannot be later than about 1720. In each case the pattern is repeated in rows; the alternate rows being reversed so that on whichever side the cloth is turned, half of the patterns have the inscriptions legible.