52:2-1 - Description of great seal of state - New Jersey Statutes

52:2-1.  Description of great seal of state
    The great seal of this state shall be engraved on silver, which shall be round, of two and a half inches in diameter and three-eighths of an inch thick;   the arms shall be three ploughs in an escutcheon, azure; supporters, Liberty  and Ceres.  The Goddess Liberty to carry in her dexter hand a pole, proper,  surmounted by a cap gules, with band azure at the bottom, displaying on the  band six stars, argent;  tresses falling on shoulders, proper;  head bearing  over all a chaplet of laurel leaves, vert; overdress, tenne; underskirt,  argent;  feet sandaled, standing on scroll. Ceres:  Same as Liberty, save  overdress, gules;  holding in left hand a cornucopia, or, bearing apples, plums  and grapes surrounded by leaves, all proper;  head bearing over all a chaplet  of wheat spears, vert.  Shield surmounted by sovereign's helmet, six bars, or;   wreath and mantling, argent and azure. Crest:  A horse's head, proper.   Underneath the shield and supporting the goddesses, a scroll azure, bordered  with tenne, in three waves or folds;  on the upper folds the words  "Liberty  and Prosperity" ; on the under fold in Arabic numerals, the figures  "1776" .   These words to be engraved round the arms, viz.,  "The Great Seal of the State  of New Jersey" .