Dieu Et Mon Droit 1896 Hand Carved Coat of Arms, J. William Fosdick

Description

1896 Pyrography Wooden Fire-Hewn Coat of Arms Plaque.

From the listed American artist J. William Fosdick, 1858-1937.

22" wide by … more 1896 Pyrography Wooden Fire-Hewn Coat of Arms Plaque.

From the listed American artist J. William Fosdick, 1858-1937.

22" wide by 29.5" tall by 3" thick. Substantial - 15 lbs. or so.

Fantastic detail of the British Royal Family Coat of Arms Shield, with Lion, Dragon, "Gloria et Angliae" and of course" Dieu et Mon Droit" - God and My Right.

Frame is also a work of art - faceted wood to frame the plaque, with a peg construction. Original and remarkable.

Fosdick's work is included in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. and the Smithsonian, among other world-class collections.

In keeping with Aesop's fable, Fox and Crow's Motto is "Beware of False Flattery!" So, with each listing we offer a true confession about the item...

My husband is an Anglophile of the highest order, and we have family links to Charleston, South Carolina that take us there several times a year. On a recent trip we discovered this in a very important private collection there, and we loved it for its detail and artisan quality - and it's English provenance, 'natch. Once we brought it home to Virginia, we dug into Fosdick - and wow! A remarkable piece of 19th century history. less