A SMOKY QUARTZ HAND SEAL

GERMAN, 19TH CENTURY

细节

A SMOKY QUARTZ HAND SEAL
GERMAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of vase-shaped form with a central paterae and acanthus leaf carving
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, 2½ in. (6.3 cm) wide, 2 in. (5 cm.) deep

来源

The Counts de la Gardie, Estonia.

拍品专文

This seal bears the arms of the Counts de la Gardie. Originally a French family, they relocated to the Baltic, first serving Denmark and then the Kings of Sweden as generals and statesman -- Axel Julius de la Gardie served as the Governor General of Estonia in the 18th century. Their estates were in Estonia, Schloss Fellin, being the most important.

See J. Siebmacher, Der Adel der russischen Ostseeprovinzen (Estland, Kurland, Livland, Oesel), p. 51, 1980.