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PROOF IMPRESSIONS of seals by the Rev. Allan Gairdner Wyon (d. 1962). Presented by Langford-Jones, Esq., to the Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, and transferred, July 1984.
Scope & Content:
Reverend Allan Gairdner Wyon, sculptor and medallist; Vicar of Newlyn: Proof impressions of seals made by Rev. Allan Gairdner Wyon: 1945-1962.
A COLLECTION of plaster casts of Seals of Bishops of England and Wales, the greater portion supplementing deficiencies in the Museum Series of Episcopal Seals. Presented by H. A. Rye, Esq.
Scope & Content:
England, Ecclesiastical History: Casts of episcopal seals.
CASTS of the seal of Sevall de Boville, Archbishop of York, 1256-1258. Presented by H. A. Rye, Esq. From the original impression among the Douce charters.
CASTS of the seal of St. John's Abbey, Colchester, co. Essex, 1332. From the original impression attached to a document in possession of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
PLASTER CASTS of the equestrian seals of Guy, son of the Count of Flanders, before 1279; and of John, son of Count Guy of Flanders, circ. 1270. Presented by Mr. R. Ready.
PLASTER CASTS of the obv. of the seal of the Benedictine Abbey of St. John, at Colchester, 12th century. From the original impression attached to a document in possession of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.