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Coat-of-arms of Great Britian and Ireland. Royal arms of King George III carved in pine. The shield is enclosed in a garter with the motto of the Order of the Garter. Arms quartered: England impaling Scotland, France, Ireland; Brunswick impaling Lunenburg, a base point of Saxony, an escutcheon of Hanover (the crown of Charlemagne). Crest: a standing leopard crowned. Supporters: Dexter, a lion crowned. Sinister, a unicorn, round its neck a crown with a chain. They stand on a motto ribbon.
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Coat of Arms
Coat of Arms
Carved in the garter enclosing the shield the the motto: HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE. On the bottom banner the motto reads: DIEU(V?) ET MON DROIT. Written in ink on the back of the carving, and signed by William Lincoln is: This was sculptured by Winthrop Chandler about 1773. It was placed in the hall of the residence of Gardiner Chandler and was returned to Mrs. Paine by the Honorable Ira Barton who was the owner of the house which Colonel Chandler occupied and built; which accounts for Mrs. Ware's interest in getting the coat-of-arms back in the Chandler family.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
England
Ireland
George III
Chandler, Winthrop, 1747-1790 (Maker)
Woodstock, CT, USA
16 x 17 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.507
Connecticut (United States)
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