The carved medaillon is one of the five stones that sir Walter Scott acquired from the mediaeval  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercat_cross" class="extiw" title="en:Mercat cross">Mercat Cross</a>  in Edinburgh. The panel depicts the cooat-of-arms of the city of Edinburgh, with the deer on the right side symbolising the city's patron <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Giles" class="extiw" title="en:Saint Giles">Saint Giles</a>.
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