NEW YORK CITY SEAL CAST IRON MEDALLION WEST SIDE HIGHWAY RENE CHAMBELLAN C.1928

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CAST IRON NEW YORK CITY SEAL MEDALLION WEST SIDE HIGHWAY BY RENE CHAMBELLAN
ORIGINAL CAST IRON SEAL FROM NEW YORK CITYS ELEVATED WEST SIDE HIGHWAY ERECTED IN THE 1930'S
THIS IMPRESSIVE PLAQUE IS ONE FROM A SERIES OF FIVE  DESIGNED DEPICTING THE CITY'S SEALS
FROM SCULPTOR RENE P. CHAMBELLAN
CIRCA 1928
IN 1973 THE HIGHWAY FACADE BEGAN TO CRUMBLE WAS CLOSED AND DEMOLITION BEGAN
THE SEALS WERE REMOVED AND SOLD AS SALVAGE
EACH CAST IRON DISK MEASURES 18" IN DIAMETER X 2" THICK AND WEIGHS OVER 70 LBS
THIS IS THE NEW YOUR CITY SEAL FOR NEW AMSTERDAM WRAPPED IN A LAUREL WREATH AS SHOWN
AN EAGLE SURMOUNTS A HEMISPHERE AT TOP
A RIBBON IS INSCRIBED IN LATIN SIGILLUM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI (SEAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK)
DEXTER AND SINISTER A SAILOR AND NATIVE AMERICAN ADORN THE SEAL
THE SAILOR HOLDS A PLUMMET IN RIGHT HAND / THE NATIVE AMERICAN HOLDS A BOW
A CROSS SHAFT POINTING SKYWARD SITS OVER RIGHT SHOULDER OF SAILOR
BOTH FIGURES STAND ON A LAUREL BRANCH
AT CENTER A SHIELD WITH BEAVER AND BARRELS BETWEEN ARMS OF A WINDMILL
THE BEAVER IS HAILED FOR THE
ECONOMIC
BEGINNINGS OF NEW YORK UNDER THE DUTCH
EXCELLENT CONDITION / NO DAMAGE OR RESTORATIONS
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