Seal of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (1208-1265)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plaster of paris
Measurements
30 mm (Diameter)7 mm (W)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1340306
Summary
Small circular plaster cast of a seal has a lion rampant on a triangular shield. The motto reads 'SIMON DE MONTFORT'. On the reverse handwritten in pencil is 'Simon De Montfort Counterseal'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.