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Duncan Coat of Arms

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1923

GUSN

GUSN-202723

Description

Watercolor painting of the Duncan coat of arms in brown. The shield contains a horn on the bottom end of the shield and two white flowers on both the right and left-top corners. Above the shield, is an armor bust in grey. There is a ship placed above the head of the armor bust with a brown flag containing the symbol of a thin, white cross on the back of the ship. At the bottom of the shield are two leaf-like sprigs in green. On both sprigs there is a banner in a dark blue. The banner on the left "Pati" and on the right, "Disce". The frame is plain wood, no elaborate ornamentation is applied.

Details

Descriptive Terms

watercolors (paintings)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
watercolor (paint)
Painting

Inscription

"Duncan Coat of Arms / Copied by M.E.D. for / Christmas 1923-" (handwritten)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P243

Maker

Probably Duncan, Marion Elliford (Copyist)

Dimensions

14 13/16 x 11 13/16 x 13/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.666

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