Caption

Round seal of the General Crown Confederation. The crowned eagle holds a scepter and a sword. Below, on a small shield, the Pilawa coat of arms. Around the rim is the inscription: PIECZEC GENERAL, EY, FEDERACYI KORONNEY., 1793. Seal; Poland., A close-up of an embossed circular seal pressed into textured beige paper, showing a raised design of a two-headed bird with outstretched wings and a shield-like element, surrounded by a circular border and an octagonal paper frame with rough torn edges; the paper shows creases, wrinkles, and small torn areas with a few hints of reddish residue along some edges, and a few darker brown ink strokes are partially visible on the background paper above the seal.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A34_405

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (12.7Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4496 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Round seal General Crown Confederation crowned eagle holds scepter sword small shield Pilawa coat arms rim inscription Pieczec General Ey Federacyi Koronney 1793 Seal Poland close-up embossed circular seal pressed textured beige paper showing raised design two-headed bird outstretched wings shield- element surrounded circular border octagonal paper frame rough torn edges paper creases wrinkles small torn areas hints reddish residue edges darker brown ink strokes partially visible background paper seal.