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Auction: 25066 - Historical Documents, Autographs and Ephemera
Lot: 2

Great Britain
Queen Elizabeth I
1559-1586 Vellum document in Latin with a complete seal of Elizabeth I attached (9cm in diameter). This was the First Great Seal in use from 1559. "The Queen, seated on a throne resembling a bedstead, crowned, holding in the right hand a sceptre ending in a fleur-de-lis, and supporting a huge orb on the left knee. From the baldachino two curtains descend to the sides of the throne". (The Great Seals of England, Wyon, 1887). The counter-seal (reverse) has an escutcheon supported by a greyhound and a crowned eagle, surmounted by the crown of England, the seal for legal writs before the justiciaries. Some wear but intact. (Document 30x40cm)

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Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£350