A GROUP OF TWENTY-ONE FOB-SEALS

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A GROUP OF TWENTY-ONE FOB-SEALS
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

INCLUDING A GOLD-MOUNTED REVOLVING TRIPLE CORNELIAN MATRIX SEAL, THE MOUNT OF SCROLLING BRACKET FORM, CARVED ON TWO SIDES WITH A COAT OF ARMS AND CREST AND MOTTO; A LARGE CITRINE SEAL WITH BIFURCATED BRACKET MOUNT, ENGRAVED WITH A CROWNED 'E'; ANOTHER CITRINE SEAL WITH DEEPLY CHASED SHELL, FLOWER AND SCROLLING FOLIAGE MOUNT, THE MATRIX CARVED WITH A COAT OF OF ARMS; FOUR SEALS WITH ROMAN INTAGLIO MATRICES, INCLUDING A LIVELY BACCANALIAN SCENE; AND A PLAIN AND REEDED SEAL WITH AGATE MATRIX CARVED IN ARABIC (21)

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THE FORMER WITH THE CREST AND MOTTO OF ELPHINSTONE AND THE ARMS OF ELPHINSTONE IN ONE AND FOUR QUATERING TWO BULLER, AND THREE KEITH, FOR JOHN, 11TH LORD ELPHINSTONE AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS GREAT-UNCLE, GEORGE KEITH IN 1778. ONE ENGRAVED WITH THE ARMS OF HAMILTON QUARTERING DOUGLAS WITH THE CREST OF ABERCORN. FOUR OTHERS WITH ELPHINSTONE CRESTS INCLUDING THAT OF A THIRD AND FOURTH SON. THREE WITH CRESTS AND THREE WITH INITIALS. THE LATTER SEAL WITH ARABIC INSCRIPTION '... ELPHINSTONE'.