Gift, Boston

Registration number

1091910

Title

Gift, Boston

Medium

glass

Dimensions (H x W x D)

7 x 7.3 cm

Inscriptions

SICUT PATRIBUS SIT DEUS NOBIS / BOSTONIA / CONDITA / 1630 / CIVIATIS REGIMINE DONATA / 1822

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Boston, sister city gifts

Summary

Octagonal shaped glass container with the city seal of Boston on the lid. The City Seal was adopted in 1823. The first image of the seal was published in 1827. It became the official seal in 1914. It's a circular image that features: a view of the City of Boston the motto, “SICUT PATRIBUS, SIT DEUS NOBIS” (which means, “God be with us as he was with our fathers”), and the inscription, “BOSTONIA CONDITA AD. 1630 CIVITATIS REGIMINE DONATA AD. 1822.”