EXCEPTIONAL LARGE DEEP-CARVED ARMORIAL

One of the finest counters you will ever see. And one of the most frustrating! All this heraldic detail - arms crest monogram and motto - butI can not find out who it was made for. The lion in the crest is holding a caduceus - a medical symbol - but even then I get no further. Large size, superb m-o-p. The motto IN PORTU SALVUS ( safe in port) suggests a nautical connection.....