Category: State Seal Plaques
The Great Seal of the State of Florida Plaque
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Thursday, 04 August 2011 11:10
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the great seal of the state of florida plaque l 1 2 297x300 The Great Seal of the State of Florida Plaque

In 1868, Florida’s new State Constitution stated that they must a Seal to represent the State. It was specified that the seal had to be the size of an American silver dollar. It also stated that the seal should contain the sun’s rays, a cocoa tree, a steamboat, and a female Indian scattering flowers. These images were to be circled by the words -

 “Great Seal of the State of Florida: In God We Trust.”

Several changes have occurred on the seal over the years, although the basic design has been maintained. The Indian woman has changed her clothing and taken off her feathered headdress so that she is now a more authentic Seminole Indian. A mountain in the background has been flattened as Florida does not have mountains. The steamboat has been repaired a few times. And a sabal palm has been transplanted in place of the original cocoa tree to reflect the state’s adoption of the sabal palmetto palm as the official state tree in 1953.

The latest revisions took place in 1985 and this version of the Great Seal of the State of Florida appears to have been generally accepted as the definite version.

These solid mahogany wall plaques show the US Florida State seal.  Hand carved and hand painted mahogany wood plaque.

A perfect as a wall plaque or podium plaque. Fantastic additions to any memorabilia collection. Great government retirement gift, government graduation gift, or government recognition awards.

 
The Great Seal of California Plaque
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011 13:33
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24 Inch California Seal 300x225 The Great Seal of California PlaqueThe Constitutional Convention of 1849 adopted a “Great Seal of the State of California.” The seal was designed by Major Robert Selden Garnett of the United States Army, and presented to the convention by Caleb Lyon, one of the clerks of the convention. The explanation accompanying the seal, as read to the convention on October 2, 1849, is as follows:

“Around the bevel of the ring are represented thirty-one stars being the number of states of which the union will consist upon the admission of California.” “The foreground figure represents the Goddess Minerva having sprung full grown from the brain of Jupiter. She is introduced as a type of the political birth of the State of California without having gone through the probation of a Territory. At her feet crouches a grizzly bear feeding upon clusters from a grape vine emblematic of the peculiar characteristics of the country. A miner is engaged in a rocker and bowl at his side, illustrating the golden wealth of the Sacramento upon whose waters are seen shipping typical of commercial greatness and the Snow-clad peaks of the Sierra Nevada make up the background while above is the Greek motto ‘Eureka’ (I have found it) applying either to the principle involved in the admission of the State, or the success of the miner at work.”

 

 
The Great Seal of the State of Delaware Plaque
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Tuesday, 01 March 2011 10:11
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18 Inch Seal of Delaware 300x225 The Great Seal of the State of Delaware PlaqueInscription

The surrounding inscription reads: “Great Seal of the State of Delaware” and the dates 1704, 1776 and 1787.

  • The Lower Counties on the Delaware established their own General Assembly in 1704;
  • Separation Day, June 15, 1776, was the day the colonial General Assembly declared Delaware an independent state;
  • Delaware Day, December 7, 1787, was the day Delaware ratified the United States Constitution, being the first state to do so.

History

The seal was originally adopted in 1777 with minor changes made in 1793, 1847, and 1907. The current version was adopted in 2004.

  • From 1793 until 1847 the figures of the farmer and the soldier were eliminated from the seal.
  • In 1847 the motto “Liberty and Independence,” was added on a ribbon underneath the shield.
  • In 1907 the seal was “modernized” and “THE DELAWARE STATE” was changed to “THE STATE OF DELAWARE”.

Blazon

The seal now used as the Great Seal of this State and bearing the arms of this State shall be the Great Seal of this State. It is emblazoned as follows: Party per fess, or and argent, the first charged with a garb (wheat sheaf) in bend dexter and an ear of maize (Indian Corn) in bend sinister, both proper; the second charged with an ox statant, ruminating, proper; fess, wavy azure, supporters on the dexter a husbandman with a hilling hoe, on the sinister a rifleman armed and accoutered at ease. Crest, on a wreath azure and argent, a ship under full sail, proper, with the words “Great Seal of the State of Delaware,” the dates “1704, 1776, and 1787,” and the words “Liberty and Independence” engraved thereon.