Title: Manuscript design for the Washington family coat of arms Author: ** Place: No place Publisher: Date: c.18th century Description: Manuscript in ink, with the coat of arms of the Washington family along with two others, with descriptive text in Latin, on 4-page folio 12¼x8. The coat of arms of the Washington family, dating frm the 14th century, is comprised of two red bars topped with three mullets, or five-pointed stars. It was this design that proved the inspiration for the Stars and Stripes that is the flag of the United States of America. Evidently the present piece is from an old manuscript book on heraldry. Quite interesting. Lot Amendments Condition: A little soiling, very good or better. Item number: 166582
Title: Manuscript design for the Washington family coat of arms Author: ** Place: No place Publisher: Date: c.18th century Description: Manuscript in ink, with the coat of arms of the Washington family along with two others, with descriptive text in Latin, on 4-page folio 12¼x8. The coat of arms of the Washington family, dating frm the 14th century, is comprised of two red bars topped with three mullets, or five-pointed stars. It was this design that proved the inspiration for the Stars and Stripes that is the flag of the United States of America. Evidently the present piece is from an old manuscript book on heraldry. Quite interesting. Lot Amendments Condition: A little soiling, very good or better. Item number: 166582
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