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Connecticut State Sewn Linen Flag / Banner 6'9" x 10'
Connecticut State Vintage Oversized Hanging Flag/Banner, Sewn Linen, measuring about 6'9" x 10', Very Fine.
This Connecticut State Flag measures about 6'9" x 10' is made heavy-duty and definitely was meant to hang on display as a banner. The Connecticut General Assembly approved the State Flag design in 1897 after it was introduced by Governor Owen Vincent Coffin in 1895. A custom made banner that has a design consisting of a white baroque shield with three grapevines, each bearing three bunches of purple grapes on a field of azure blue. The banner below the shield reads "Qui Transtulit Sustinet," Latin for "He who transplanted still sustains"), Connecticut's State Motto. The linen has lightly faded, mostly on the white portions and some scattered small holes and tears at the fly. It is supported and prepared for hanging on display having a heavy white canvas heading with thick looped rope at the corners for hanging. Overall, very impressive and ready for display.
The Connecticut General Assembly approved the State flag design in 1897 after it was introduced by Governor Owen Vincent Coffin in 1895.
The design comes from the seal of Saybrook Colony, designed by George Fenwick when it was established in 1639. That seal depicted 15 grapevines and a hand in the upper left corner with a scroll reading "Sustinet qui transtulit". When Connecticut Colony bought Saybrook in 1644, the seal transferred to Connecticut Colony.
On October 25, 1711, the governor and legislature changed the Seal. They reduced the number of grapevines from 15 to 3, in order to represent the three oldest settlements (Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford) (or possibly the three separate settlements, Connecticut Colony, Saybrook Colony, and New Haven Colony, which had been absorbed into Connecticut by that time) and rearranged the wording and position of the motto.