A double-sided circular red wax seal impression of the Great Seal Deputed for the Province of Nova Scotia during the reign of George III. Within a circular ebonised wooden frame.

The obverse shows the royal arms for George III with supporters; the reverse shows George III before a man wearing a grass skirt and feather hat. Background of a ship at sea on right-hand-side. Motto Terrae marisque opes ('wealth of land and sea'). Cat skin rug.

Great Seals Deputed were used in British colonies to authenticate local laws, grants of land and writs in the king's name. The silver seal matrix, double-sided like those for New York, Virginia and North and South Carolina, would be pressed through paper onto each side of a single disc of wax. The resulting impression was affixed to the bottom of the legal document by ribbon or a parchment strip.