Bookplate belonging to James H. Duncan. The image is a coat of arms. Above the sheild is a helmet with a ship ontop of it. On the shield in the upper corners are two flowers. Seperating two thirds from the bottom third is an upside down "V". In the other third of the shield is a three leaf clover with a hunting horn. Surrounding the shield is a garland of flowers and the family's motto on a banner.
bookplates
paper (fiber product)
ink
Bookplate
"DISCE PATI / James H. Duncan" (printed)
Book Plate of / James H. Duncan / of Haverhill / my grandfather / about 1850. / The arms are those of / Duncan Earl of Cumbertown / to which he probably had not right. It is / mentioned in Allens / checklist of Book Plates. / The original copper plate / was given by my mother / to James H. Duncan of / Searsport, Maine. / Labelled by Stephen W. Phillips. / Salem 1928" (handwritten)
Duncan, James Henry, 1793-1869
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P599
Unknown
10 5/16 x 7 4/16 x 10/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1022
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