Seal of California

The seal of the U.S. state of California was designed by Robert S. Garnett and engraved by Albert Kuner. It was in 1849 adopted by the Constitutional Assembly in California before California 1850 State was.

It was revised in 1937 without substantive changes.

Description

The main character of the seal is Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom dar., As Minerva sprang from the brain of Jupiter directly as adults, this is an indication that California was not only territory, before it became a state.

Above Minerva is a grizzly bear, the official state animal and a symbol of strength and independence. He eats from an vine, representing the wine production in California, while a bundle of grain and a spade represent the agriculture of the country.

A prospector works as a sign of the gold deposits in the left margin with a pickaxe. Beside him are a gold pan and a rocker, a then commonly occurring design for gold recovery of large quantities of sand during the California gold rush.

In the background is the Sacramento River and the snow- capped mountains of the Sierra Nevada. On the river ride different ships, since the entire export and import has been created at the time the seal was held on the waterway.

Over the mountains the state motto emblazoned Eureka (Greek εὕρηκα, I 've found).

To the rounding of the inner ring are 31 stars. This is the number of states at the time of the California State was ( 1850).

On the outer ring of the seal is the inscription: