BANNER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PENNANT W/CREST
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- SILK?
- Catalogue Number
- P19990081000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PENNANT W/CREST
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- SILK?
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.6
- Length
- 77.5
- Width
- 39.0
- Description
- A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF BURGUNDY CLOTH, TRIMMED WITH BEIGE AND BURGUNDY TASSELS ON THREE SIDES. HANGING FROM EACH OF THE TWO BOTTOM CORNERS IS A BALL OF TASSELS, HANGING FROM A SHORT BEIGE AND BURGUNDY ROPE. PAINTED ONTO BOTH SIDES OF BANNER IS A FAMILY CREST. THE CREST CONSISTS OF AN EAGLE, WITH WINGS OUTSPREAD, SITTING ON A CROWN SHAPE, MADE OF BRICKS. BELOW THIS IS A CASCADE OF WHITE AND BURGUNDY FEATHERS, WITH TASSELS ON EACH END. BELOW THE FEATHERS IS A SHIELD SHAPE, WITHIN WHICH IS AN EAGLE, WITH WINGS OUTSPREAD AND TALONS SHOWING, IS OVER A RED, BRICK AQUADUCT STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE'S BASE IS IN A BODY OF WATER. BELOW THE SHIELD IS A WHITE AND BLUE BANNER THAT READS "SPES.MEA.IN.DEO". AT EACH OF THE TOP CORNERS OF THE BANNER ARE TWO DOVE-TAILED BURGUNDY-RED RIBBONS. THERE ARE ALSO TWO IN THE CENTRE TOP, BUT HAV EBEEN TORN SO THEY ARE SHORT AND FRAYED.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- A LETHBRIDGE FAMILY HERALDRY CREST. TRANSFERRED FROM ARCHIVES. PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS P19735011001-GM.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990081000
- Acquisition Date
- 1972-06
- Collection
- Museum
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