Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1063

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20 June 2001

Hammer Price:
£170

The Great Seal of England, 1651, a cast copper copy of the Seal, by T. Simon, map of England, Wales and Ireland with place names marked, arms of the England above and Ireland below, THE GREAT SEALE OF ENGLAND around, rev. the Long Parliament in session, IN THE THIRD YEARE OF FREEDOME BY GODS BLESSING RESTORED around, 140mm (Vertue, pls.vi, vii; Wyon, The Great Seals of England, p.91; Nathanson, pp.20-1). Fine to very fine, green patina (£60-80)