Mule-driver’s plaque Made of brass and wrought iron. Circular in shape, it bears the engraved inscription: ‘J AIME LE LIS J AIME LA ROSE’, set between four cherubs. The border is embellished with a simple line and a line of festoons. Holes along the border and a loop at the top. Le Puy-en-Velay, 18th century Diameter 15.5 cm Signs of wear to the decoration Ref: ‘Les plaques muletières, des lunes belles comme des soleils’ by Georges Dubouchet, published by the Friends of the Arts and Folk Traditions of the Massif Central, page 40, a virtually identical plaque