File:Ostend Company Lion engraving 1724.jpg
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English: Anonymous sketch from c. 1724 showing the 35 pound, solid gold allegorical sculpture with, among other things, the historical lion of Ostend and the coat of arms of both the Ostend Company and Emperor Charles VI. Article 103 of the founding charter of the Ostend Company required that the owners of the newly-created trading company give such a sculpture to the Emperor as a gift to thank him for granting the charter. (J.N. Pasquini, Histoire de la ville d'Ostende et du port, Ostende, 1842, p. 225) |
| Date | circa 1724 |
| Source | Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Author | Anonymous, c. 1724. |
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