Share Certificate for Compagnie Imperiale & Royale d'Assurance

Share Certificate for Compagnie Imperiale & Royale d'Assurance

Compagnie Imperial & Royal d'Assurance

14 January 1756

25 x 38.4cm

This share certificate has been printed on watermarked paper, and filled in by hand in some sections. The first letter of the main body of text has been embellished almost in the style of illuminated manuscripts. The headpiece is an engraved seal depticting a two headed bird wearing a crown and bearing the phrase "Stat Firmiter Æquo", this is the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa's seal. There is a paper seal in the bottom left corner that matches the engraced headpiece above, also for Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. Several signatures are visible near the bottom. There are a few handwritten notes on the verso side.

Part Transcription: "No. [blank]. Action, de la valeur de fl. 1000. de change dans la Compagnie d'Assurance Établie à Anvers. ... Fait au Bureau de la Direction à Anvers le [blank]."

Donated by Mr. Seymour Schulich in 2017.

Monsieur Pierre Jaques Francois Meulenaer, proprietor. Monsieur James Dormer, signee. Several other signatures are also visible.

French

Belgium

057, Share No. 1046