Escutcheon
1600-1699 (made)
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Escutcheon of painted pine, carved with a scrolled cartouche, on which is a shield supported by two satyrs, bearing the following arms:
or, three crescents gules (Edmonstone), and or, a fess sable between three cinquefoils pierced of the same, party per pale. The whole is surmounted by a festoon of drapery and below is a label inscribed: RIDE SI SAPIS.
Scottish. 17th century.
or, three crescents gules (Edmonstone), and or, a fess sable between three cinquefoils pierced of the same, party per pale. The whole is surmounted by a festoon of drapery and below is a label inscribed: RIDE SI SAPIS.
Scottish. 17th century.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Carved and painted softwood |
| Brief description | Escutcheon, Scottish?, 1600-1699, pine |
| Physical description | Escutcheon of painted pine, carved with a scrolled cartouche, on which is a shield supported by two satyrs, bearing the following arms: or, three crescents gules (Edmonstone), and or, a fess sable between three cinquefoils pierced of the same, party per pale. The whole is surmounted by a festoon of drapery and below is a label inscribed: RIDE SI SAPIS. Scottish. 17th century. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | RIDE SI SAPIS (On a carved wood label above the crest)
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| Bibliographic reference | From: H. Clifford Smith, Catalogue of English Furniture & Woodwork
(London 1930), 662
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 293-1897 |
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| Record created | July 26, 2007 |
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