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.
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watercolor (paint)
Painting
"Duncan Coat of Arms / Copied by M.E.D. for / Christmas 1923-" (handwritten)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P243
Probably Duncan, Marion Elliford (Copyist)
14 13/16 x 11 13/16 x 13/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.666
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