Field Visit
Date 24 September 1999
Event ID 612934
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612934
Coat of arms on plaque: a shield decorated with three stars in a line above three swans. Surmounted by a closed helmet and foliage, then a hand holding a golf club. Cartouche below, ribbon above; both inscribed.
Shop sign: within an open brown wood frame is a depiction of Jenny Ha leaning forward with a mug of ale in her left hand. She wears a red and green mob-cap and a blue dress.
The plaque containing the coat of arms is a copy of a stone carving built into Golfer's Land, a tenement built on this side of the Canongate in the 17th century by Bailie John Paterson, supposedly with his stake in a golf match (partnering the Duke of York, future James VII).
Inspected By : D. King
Inscriptions : On ribbon above coat of arms (raised letters): FAR AND SURE
Below, in cartouche (incised letters): I HATE NO PERSON
On shop sign (black incised letters above head, on frame): Jenny Ha's.
Below figure, on frame: Est. 1749
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0533)
