Schleswig, seal of the town, circa 1711

Schleswig, seal of the town, circa 1711. It depicts an eighteenth century ship, at anchor, stripped for lying in ordinary: the fore-mast with top and shrouds only, the main mast without top and entirely stripped, the mizen-mast with top only and carrying a mizen yard, the bowsprit with top and spritsail topmast without yard, the spritsail furled on its yard. The cast is mounted on an emulsioned plywood backboard with a label.

Object Details

ID: SEC0170
Type: Seal cast
Display location: Not on display
Places: Schleswig
Date made: 18C; ca.1758
People: Public Record Office
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 5 mm x 47 mm
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