Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
The Derby Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms, Massachusetts, circa 1760-80
Auction Closed
April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Derby Family Embroidered Silk Coat of Arms
circa 1760-80
worked on a black silk ground, with polychrome silk and metallic threads with a shield containing three stag heads below an eagle crest, the lower banner embroidered BY THE NAME OF DERBY
18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm.)
Estate of Jane Derby
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Annual Summer Auction, August 5-7, 2005, lot 1397
[with] Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0010 (acquired from the above on October 11, 2005)
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Annual Summer Auction, August 5-7, 2005, lot 1397
[with] Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0010 (acquired from the above on October 11, 2005)