AN ENGLISH GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE DESK-SEAL

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AN ENGLISH GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE DESK-SEAL
CIRCA 1820
Tapering bloodstone handle with faceted sides, the gold base chased and engraved with palmettes and scrolls on a frosted ground, the rectangular bloodstone matrix engraved with a crowned coat-of-arms
101mm. (4in.) high
Provenance
Lord Blantyre, Lennoxlove Castle, Scotland, and by direct descent.

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