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Downes, Louis W., 1865-1953

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Title
Downes, Louis W., 1865-1953
Style
Book plate  
Bookplate Type
Mixed (Textual/Armorial)  
Bookplate Function
Ownership  
Institutional or Personal
Personal  
Dimensions
90 x 109 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Coverage-Spatial
Providence (R.I.)  
Bookplate Text
  • Ex Libris
  • Louis W. Downes.
  • Anno
Description
  • Coat of arms. Escutcheon sable and or. Dexter, charged with stag lodged argent
  • Sinister a fess azure dividing three sheaves of wheat, 2 over one. Crest: pines (?) growing from a pot, mantled sinister.
Note
According to the Rhode Island Historical Society, Louis W. Downes "was the inventor of an of electrical fuse used in subway cars, and a founding partner of the D&W Fuse Company in Providence." Cf. http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss860.htm
Rights
No Copyright - United States
File Name
exlibris0373.jp2
Collection Title
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
Collection
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
TitleDownes, Louis W., 1865-1953
StyleBook plate  
Bookplate TypeMixed (Textual/Armorial)  
Bookplate FunctionOwnership  
Institutional or PersonalPersonal  
Dimensions90 x 109 mm
OrientationPortrait
Coverage-SpatialProvidence (R.I.)  
Bookplate Text
  • Ex Libris
  • Louis W. Downes.
  • Anno
Description
  • Coat of arms. Escutcheon sable and or. Dexter, charged with stag lodged argent
  • Sinister a fess azure dividing three sheaves of wheat, 2 over one. Crest: pines (?) growing from a pot, mantled sinister.
NoteAccording to the Rhode Island Historical Society, Louis W. Downes "was the inventor of an of electrical fuse used in subway cars, and a founding partner of the D&W Fuse Company in Providence." Cf. http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss860.htm
RightsNo Copyright - United States
File Nameexlibris0373.jp2
Collection TitleJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
CollectionJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

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