A colored print of the Ducan coat of arms consisting of a red shield with gold and silver decoration. Two blue blue banners have Latin inscriptions. There is an armor helmet surmounting the shield with a masted ship above the helmet. Vines and flowers surround the shield. The frame is brown wood with parallel grooves carved on the sides.
prints (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Print
"DISCE PATI" (Latin inscription on coat of arms)
"Duncan Coat of Arms / (came from Duncan Phillips' / place) Topsfield" (Handwritten on backing paper.)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P133
Unknown
22 8/16 x 18 9/16 x 1 3/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.556
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