http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_33.120.375.jpg
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
"Governments, universities, and other organizations commissioned silversmiths to supply official silver, such as seals with which to stamp important documents. Surviving records in Marbletown, New York, indicate that the silversmith Jacob Boelen was hired in 1704 to make the town seal. In the upper register of its shield are two deer, symbolizing the mountainous hunting region around Marbletown. In the lower register, three sheaves of wheat allude to the surrounding lowland, fertile and well suited to the cultivation of grain. The town’s name and motto, "BE JUST. / TO TRUST," are engraved around the edges.
Seal, ca. 1704
Jacob Boelen (ca. 1657–1729/30)
American
Silver, wood; Overall: 1 11/16 x 1 1/2 x 2 7/8 in., 48.9 grams (4.3 x 3.8 x 7.3 cm, 1.572 troy ounces)
Bequest of Alphonso T. Clearwater, 1933; in cooperation with the Town of Marbletown, Ulster County, New York (33.120.375)"
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/furn/hob_33.120.375.htm
I found this interesting and thought others might also, so I’ve posted it here.
Wow. That is beautiful. Thanks for posting it!!
Great find! Thanks for posting the image.
—Guy
Very nice. Thanks for sharing!
Very fine…thanks for posting it.
Another armorial item in the same collection, the arms of the Rensselaers on stained glass:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/09/na/hob_52.77.46.htm
very nice stained glass arms, if anyone is interested in the text beneath the arms it translates as: Jan Baptist van Renselaer, director of the colony Renselaer, Wijck 1656.
Thanks Joe and Andrew. Very cool.
Ton, THANK YOU! I was wondering what that said, but did not have the courage to ask aloud! LOL. Thank you.
emrys wrote:
very nice stained glass arms, if anyone is interested in the text beneath the arms it translates as: Jan Baptist van Renselaer, director of the colony Renselaer, Wijck 1656.
Read Renselaerwijck as one word; it (also spelled Rensselaerswyck, among other variations) was the name of the family’s 720,000 acre (290,000 hectare) feudal domain in the Hudson Valley.
"Read Renselaerwijck as one word"
that is indeed more logical well it was early in the morning.