1790-1810 USA Paymaster General's Office Brass

Seal Detail

A fine example of a brass desk seal relating to the Paymaster General's Office purportedly dating to 1790-1810, the flattened seal with an engraved arrow decoration for positioning on the reverse, and the obverse finely engraved with a spread eagle centrally holding arrows and branch in its claws, with sun rays and stars surrounding and a circumscription within lined border reading:

PAYMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE * U.S.A.*

"The office of the Paymaster General was created through a resolution of the Continental Congress on 16 June 1775, which established "That there be one Paymaster General, and a Deputy under him, for the Army, in a separate department; that the pay for the Paymaster General himself be one hundred dollars per month, and for the Deputy Paymaster under him, fifty dollars per month. on 16 June 1775, which established "That there be one Paymaster General, and a Deputy under him, for the Army, in a separate department; that the pay for the Paymaster General himself be one hundred dollars per month, and for the Deputy Paymaster under him, fifty dollars per month." (Wikipedia)

Seal Specification

Height 5mm

Diameter of matrix 38mm

Weight 66g