A WILLIAM III ELM ROYAL COAT-OF-ARMS

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A WILLIAM III ELM ROYAL COAT-OF-ARMS
The central cartouche carved with the Duke of Nassau's escutcheon, and with surrounding mottos 'HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE', and 'DIEU.EST.MON.DROIT'
53 IN. (134.5 CM.) HIGH; 57 IN. (145 CM.) WIDE

来源

DR. DAVENPORT WEST, MALABARRA, MASSACHUSETTS, CHRISTIE'S HOUSE SALE, 24 JULY 1984, LOT 559.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

A WOODCUT COAT-OF-ARMS FROM A CERTIFICATE OF SETTLEMENT, DATED 1703/4 PURPORTING TO BE QUEEN ANNE'S AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS A CROWNED CYPHER 'AR' IT ALSO INCLUDES THE ARMS OF NASSAU IN AN ESCUTCHEON IN PRETENCE AS BORNE BY WILLIAM III. ON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CROWNED 'W' HAD BEEN SCRAPED DOWN AND AN 'A' DRAWN IN, (ILLUSTRATED IN C. HASLER, THE ROYAL ARMS, LONDON, 1980, P.10, FIG. 308).