£813
Jewellery, Watches & Silver | 611
Auction: 15 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
unmarked, rose coloured metal, the large matrix with carved shield for Pollock impaling Harrington, in channel surround, the under gallery with ribbed detail, the shank with bright cut channel detail
The Marital Arms of Pollock and Harington
The arms as engraved upon the matrix of this early 20th Century Gold and Carnelian Gentleman’s Personal Seal or Signet which dates to between 1900 and 1924 are those of the family of Pollock impaling Harington. These armorial bearings denote the marshalling of a marital coat showing on the dexter (the heraldic right on the left as you view the piece) the arms of the husband and on the sinister (the heraldic left on the right as you view it) the arms of the wife. These armorial bearings may be blazoned as follows:
Arms:
(on the dexter) Azure three fleurs-de-lis within a bordure engrailed or a canton ermine thereon a portcullis of the second (for Pollock)
(on the sinister) Sable a fret argent (for Harington)
These arms undoubtedly commemorate the marriage of George Hume Pollock (born 25th April 1870 died 12th March 1924) and Margaret Agnata Harington (born 23rd June 1871 died 10th January 1954). George and Margaret were married within the Registration District of Bromyard in the County of Herefordshire on the 25th September 1900. George was the son of Sir Charles Edward Pollock and his third wife, Amy Menella Dodgson, whilst Margaret was the eldest daughter of Sir Richard Harington, the 11th Baronet of Ridlington in the County of Rutland2 and his wife, Francis Agnata Biscoe
George was a descendant of Charles Pollock of Greenhill in the County of Dumfriesshire (died 1545) and his wife, Marian Stewart of Castlemilk in the same county, whilst Margaret’s family were created baronets in 1611, but sprang anciently from the County of Cumberland.