A  TWO-COLOUR GOLD SEAL WITH CARNELIAN MATRIX
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Lots 212 - 239)
A TWO-COLOUR GOLD SEAL WITH CARNELIAN MATRIX

PROBABLY ENGLISH, LAST QUARTER OF 18TH CENTURY

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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD SEAL WITH CARNELIAN MATRIX
PROBABLY ENGLISH, LAST QUARTER OF 18TH CENTURY
In the form of a cannon barrel with hinged suspension loop, chased with ribbon-tied leafy swags, alternate bands of spiral fluting and foliage and narrow acanthus leaf borders, engraved with a swan crest, the matrix with a coat of arms in a ribbon-tied lozenge cartouche with motto scroll below, the crest above this coat of arms and motto scroll below for Maclean
4 in. long (10.3 cm.)

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The arms are for Skinner of Wanstead, Essex & London impaling Maclean within a lozenge for a Maclean widow

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