Objects of Substance - School_Seal

The Brisbane Girls Grammar School Corporate Seal and Wooden Box, c. 1884.

The imprinted image of the seal itself is quite simple: featuring the School crest in the centre, below that, the Latin motto “NIL SINE LABORE”, which is encircled by a border containing the words “THE BRISBANE GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL”, all topped off with “THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES”. The consistent shape of the matrix or die, as it is known, being a circle, was deliberate, as it represented the lowest risk of damage.

The Brisbane Girls Grammar School Corporate Seal Matrix, c. 1884.