ANGLETERRE.
LETTERS PATENT Two Letters Patent... Lot 3
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[ANGLETERRE].
LETTERS PATENT Two Letters Patent in favour of William Edward GEDGE.
England, January 11, 1865
In English, 2 sheets on parchment printed with the arms of the Kingdom of England with annotations in brown ink.
Dimensions: 535 x 767 mm and 427 x 767 mm; wax seal: 162 mm in diameter and 19 mm thick.
Letters Patent (No. 85) granted in 1865 by Queen Victoria to William Edward Gedge, inventor whose firm 'John Gedge and
Son' was located in Middlesex (now County London), for the invention of an "improved breaking apparatus for cutting iron gas or other pipes" [...] communicated to him from abroad by Jules Chartriez from
Paris [...]".
Two scrolls bound by a large yellow wax seal decorated on both sides: one depicts Queen Victoria enthroned surrounded by two allegories, and the other depicts her parading on horseback with the sceptre.
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