• Title
  William Bligh's signet ring & seal
• Call number
  SAFE/DR 188
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  Between 1754 & 1817
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  446270
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 gold ring with layered chalcedony signet - Approx. 2 cm. diameter
  Objects - 1 gold seal, carnelian stamp face - gold stem intricately engraved; loose ring at top ; 4.1 cm. long; diameter from 0.5cm 0 2.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  a. Seal
  b. Signet ring
  [On both the signet & the seal is depicted a griffin & quartermoon on crest surmounted by a mailed arm holding an axe. Motto on ring below crest reads "Linem Respice"]
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Undated. Date range based on Bligh's birthdate and death date
  Wax impression of the seal at R 241d
  For identification of stones see DR 188n
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823433
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Mrs Maurice Oakes / Ring & seal of Governor Bligh. Property of his great-great-grandson Maurice Oakes. Lakeside Rd. Eastwood -- written on a calling card inside the original box
• Name
  Bligh, William, 1754-1817
  
• Subject
  Signet rings.
  
• Topic
  seals (insignia)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Mutiny on the Bounty : the story of Captain William Bligh seaman, navigator, surveyor and of the Bounty mutineers - State Library of New South Wales
  Colonial Governors - Museum of Sydney (March, 2005 - September, 2005)
  Politics & Power: Bligh's Sydney Rebellion 1808 - State Library of New South Wales (January, 2008 - April, 2008)
  A fine possession: jewellery and identity - Powerhouse Museum
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3326412

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