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PROBABLY LONDON, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND TWO GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED FOB-SEALS
PROBABLY LONDON, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
a gold-mounted perpetual calendar, the revolving tapering seven-sided handle engraved with dates of the month, the base engraved with days of the week, the agate matrix carved with a coat-of-arms and baron's coronet above; together with a gold-mounted fob-seal with tapering handle, the agate matrix carved with a coat-of-arms and baron's coronet; together with a gold-mounted fob seal with twisting serpent handle, starburst reeding and border engraved with trailing vines, the agate matrix carved with a coat-of-arms and baron's coronet within the chain of the Royal Hanoverian order
1 5/16 in. (33 mm.); 1 3/16 in. (30 mm.); 1¼ in. (31 mm.) wide, respectively
The arms are those of FitzHerbert for Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens (1753-1839) (3)
PROBABLY LONDON, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
a gold-mounted perpetual calendar, the revolving tapering seven-sided handle engraved with dates of the month, the base engraved with days of the week, the agate matrix carved with a coat-of-arms and baron's coronet above; together with a gold-mounted fob-seal with tapering handle, the agate matrix carved with a coat-of-arms and baron's coronet; together with a gold-mounted fob seal with twisting serpent handle, starburst reeding and border engraved with trailing vines, the agate matrix carved with a coat-of-arms and baron's coronet within the chain of the Royal Hanoverian order
1 5/16 in. (33 mm.); 1 3/16 in. (30 mm.); 1¼ in. (31 mm.) wide, respectively
The arms are those of FitzHerbert for Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens (1753-1839) (3)
Provenance
Lord St Helens and Sir William FitzHerbert; Christie's, London, 22 January 2009, lot 608.
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