1704 Marbletown, New York Heraldic Seal

 
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12 August 2006 20:25
 

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.

 
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12 August 2006 22:44
 

Wow. That is beautiful. Thanks for posting it!!

 
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13 August 2006 00:38
 

Great find!  Thanks for posting the image.

—Guy

 
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13 August 2006 02:01
 

Very nice.  Thanks for sharing!

 
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14 August 2006 11:24
 

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

 

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_52.77.46.jpg

 
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15 August 2006 03:16
 

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.

 
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15 August 2006 03:22
 

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.

 
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15 August 2006 08:32
 

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.

 
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15 August 2006 09:03
 

"Read Renselaerwijck as one word"

that is indeed more logical smile well it was early in the morning.