Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
The Bolles Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms, dated 1758
Auction Closed
April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Bolles Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms
dated 1758
with a green shield and a red descending chevron, embroidered with two boar heads in profile, the lower banners embroidered BY THE NAME OF BOLLES 1758; the whole laid over two pieces of newspaper from The Essex Register, dated March 29, 1809
18¾ x 16½ in. (47.6 x 41.9 cm.)
Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Wolf Family Collection No. 1223 (acquired from the above on November 25, 2004)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1223 (acquired from the above on November 25, 2004)