Gilded moulding
Date
19th century
Creator
Unknown, Sculptor
Archive reference number
Material
Subject
Content object
Description
Gilded plaster cast moulding, depicting an eagle in right profile with wings outstretched, and fragments of foliage. Possibly the 'Prussian Eagle', the coat of arms of successive Prussian states.
Discovered in the President's Office at the Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London, in 2002. Thought to date to the 19th century, when number nine Carlton House Terrace was occupied by the Prussian Legation.
Discovered in the President's Office at the Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London, in 2002. Thought to date to the 19th century, when number nine Carlton House Terrace was occupied by the Prussian Legation.
Object history
The Prussian Legation moved into 9 Carlton House Terrace in 1849, headed by the charismatic scholar Christian von Bunsen, where it remained until unification with Germany in 1871, when it became the Imperial German Embassy.