A FINE AND HEAVY GEORGE IV OBLONG GOLD FOB-SEAL with boldly chased flower, shell and foliage scroll mount and handle, the citrine seal engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto 'Virtute et opera' in foliage mantling, on chased gold scroll split ring, circa 1830

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A FINE AND HEAVY GEORGE IV OBLONG GOLD FOB-SEAL with boldly chased flower, shell and foliage scroll mount and handle, the citrine seal engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto 'Virtute et opera' in foliage mantling, on chased gold scroll split ring, circa 1830
1¼in. (3.4cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Duff quartering Grant quartering Gordon of Lesmoir, believed to be those used unofficially by Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (1829-1906). The seal could possibly have been a christening present

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