PROOF IMPRESSIONS, in red plastic, of the seals of George VI for the Duchy of Lancaster (5-6), and County Palatine of Lancaster (7-8). Cf. CXCV. 2-3. Presented by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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George VI of England: Seals for the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster: n.d.
PROOF IMPRESSIONS, mainly in plaster, of designs for nine English seals; 20th cent. Pencilled notes on the backs identify the designers as 'L.L.B' (no. 9), E[dward] E[arle] D[orling] (nos. 10, 11), [George Edward] K[ruger] G[ray] (nos. 13, 14, 16), and H[arold] S[tabler] (no. 15). The engravers are similarly identified as [? Robert J.] Richardson (nos. 9, 10, 12, 15(?)) and [George Taylor] Friend (nos. 11, 13(?), 14, 16). Transferred from the Department of Coins and Medals.
BYZANTINE LEADEN BULLAE, 6th-12th centt., and (77, 82) Venetian lead seals, 15th-16th centt., all found in Cyprus. Presented by Wing Commander T. O'B. Hubbard.
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Cyprus: Byzantine and Venetian leaden bullae from: 6th-16th centt.
MODERN IMPRESSIONS and casts of seals relating to Coventry, co. Warw., from the collection of Thomas Hennell. For the matrices, see L. Jewitt and W. H. St J. Hope, Corporation Plate...of England and Wales, ii, 1895, pp. 390-1; for nos. 2, 3, and 5 see also Birmingham City Art Gallery and Museum, Cat. Heraldic Exhibition, 1936, nos. 268, 254, 267. Presented by Mrs D. Hennell-Taylor.
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Coventry, Warwickshire: Seals of the Mayoralty, etc.: 1345-1836, n.d.
A-, Abbot, and the Convent of Cirencester, co. Glouc., 1176. 2. Luffield Priory, co. Northt., 1442. From original impressions attached to documents in posssesion of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
PLASTER CASTS of a series of Episcopal Seals of Scotland. For descriptions in detail see Catalogue of Seals in the Department of MSS., vol. v. (Scotland). Presented by H. A. Bye, Esq.