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Elaborately carved walnut rectangular frame with preened and carved crest, side brackets, and pendant; glass; polychrome coat of arms for the Bowen family with motto Festina Lente which translates to the adage: make haste slowly. Label on back.
paintings (visual works)
accessories
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
walnut (wood)
heraldry
Insignia
Coat of Arms
Unidentified Paper
Watercolor
Heraldry
Coat of Arms
By Appointment/to the queen/Henry Hays/S Seal Engraver/pe165 Regent Street/London/Now at 346 Broadway, New York (Engraver Address)
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Bowen Family
Hays, Henry (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
25 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.570
New York state (United States)
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