The Russell Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms, Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1760-1780
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April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
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6,000 - 8,000 USD
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The Russell Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms
circa 1760-1780
worked in silk and metallic threads on a silk ground
18½ x 15½ in. (47 x 39.4 cm.)
According to family tradition, by decent from David Geisinger (1790-1860) U.S. Naval commander, and his wife Catherine Russell Pearce, daughter of Charles Russell Pearce
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 2, 2003, lot 1591
[with] Stephen & Carol Huber (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1202 (acquired from the above on November 2, 2003)
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 2, 2003, lot 1591
[with] Stephen & Carol Huber (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1202 (acquired from the above on November 2, 2003)
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Anonymous arms said to be from the Russell family of Salem, Massachusetts, silk and metallic threads on black silk. Northeast Auctions, November 2, 2003, lot 1591. Differing expert opinion holds that this is actually the arms of Vassel probably impaling Oliver. See Heraldic Journal Vol. II, 1866, pp. 16-18.
A closely related example, with Cobb arms, in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society, is illustrated and discussed in Betty Ring's Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework, 1650-1850, vol. 1 p. 264.
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