The Royal Society mace Product:Postcard Original is oil on canvas

Original is oil on canvas laid down on panel 56x23

a bag containing the Great Seal

' Signed below in ink 'John Phillips 27 June 1860'

In the background can be seen the various hazards that have been encountered along the way

The Royal Society mace Product:Postcard Original is oil on canvasThe silver gilt mace was a gift from King Charles II in 1663. It is decorated with a running pattern of roses and thistles on the stem, and the embossed figures of a rose, harp, thistle and fleur de lys on the head, emblematic of Engladn, Ireland, Scotland and France. The letters 'C. R.' denote Charles II, and an inscription on a shield at the base describes Charles as the Society's 'founder and patron'. 1663