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The Mackay Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1760-80

Auction Closed

April 21, 08:50 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Mackay Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms

circa 1760-80


derived from a pattern by John Gore, heraldic artist of Boston; executed in black silk with silk-twist thread and silver-wrapped silk core thread, with acanthus leaves around the shield, and three bovine heads


19⅜ x 19 in. (49.5 x 48.3 cm.)

Mrs. M.B.L. Bradford
Rockwell and Avis Gardiner, Long Ridge Antique Shop, Stanford, Connecticut
Butterscotch Auctions, Bedford Village, New York, The Rockwell and Avis Gardiner Estate, September 19, 1998
Jonathan Trace, Rifton, New York
Samuel Herrup, Sheffield, Massachusetts
Wolf Family Collection No. 1176 (acquired from the above)