Reproductions are $69.00 plus $22 shipping.

18" diameter.

The official Seal of the city of New York, from the old West Side (Miller) elevated highway.

In the late 1920s, the Art Commission of the City of New York commissioned Rene Paul Chambellan (1893-1955), a well known sculptor and architect, to produce models for cast iron replicas of five City Seals from different eras in New York City history. The seals were used as decorative detail on the walls of the elevated West Side Highway, which opened in 1937 and ran from Canal Street to 72nd Street.

The "Seal of the Province of New York" was adopted in 1669, five years after the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British. The British renamed the city "New York" for James, Duke of York, to whom the province had been granted by King Charles II. At the center of the seal is the coat of arms of the house of Stuart. The words encircling the coat of arms are the motto of the Order of the Garter, the highest order of British knighthood, and translate "Evil to him who evil thinks." The words along the exterior translate as "Seal of the Province of New York." The word "EBORAC" is Latin for "York," meaning "place at the water." The "Seal of the City of New York," was officially adopted in 1915.

Reproductions in cast stone are available now in any of the typical finishes I have

Here is the standard Old Dirty Bronze finish

More information and photos of the highway are here; PHOTOS and HISTORY

The seals are $69 plus $22 flat shipping anywhere in the lower 48 states via FedEx ground service, $91 total.