AN ENGLISH GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE DESK-SEAL

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AN ENGLISH GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE DESK-SEAL
CIRCA 1840
Tapering malachite handle (cracked) mounted with a reeded scrolling gold cagework, flaring gold base with circular bloodstone matrix engraved with a crowned coat-of-arms
97mm. (3 7/8in.) high
Provenance
Lord Blantyre, Lennoxlove Castle, Scotland, and by direct descent.

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