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Bayside Gallery - Bayside City Council Art & Heritage Collection
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Ceremonial object - Seal, Town of Sandringham and City of Sandringham seals

  • Photograph a brown handled seal sitting on a black handled seal. The brass seal has writing around the edge and a crown at centre

    0000-898.1

  • Photograph a black handled seal sitting on a brown handled seal. The brass seal has writing around the edge and a crown at centre

    0000-898.2

  • Photograph a brown handled seal sitting on a black handled seal. The brass seal has writing around the edge and a crown at centre
  • Photograph a black handled seal sitting on a brown handled seal. The brass seal has writing around the edge and a crown at centre

Historical information

Council's seals were stamped into hot wax to officialise documents. Sandringham was originally part of the Shire of Moorabbin. On 28 February 1917, Sandringham was severed from Moorabbin and incorporated as the Borough of Sandringham. It was proclaimed a Town on 9 April 1919 and a City on 21 March 1923.

Physical description

Two round brass seals on wooden handles. The longer brown wooden handle seal reads around edge 'TOWN OF SANDRINGHAM' with an illustration of St Edward's crown in centre. The black wooden-handled seal reads around edge 'CITY OF SANDRINGHAM' with an illustration of St Edward's crown in centre. Both seals have mushroom-shaped tops and tapered arms.There are remnants of red wax on both seals.

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