£404
A Private Collection of Seals: Highlights from The Matrix Collection | 749
Auction: 19 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
the facetted agate handle with domed terminal, to a silver mounted collar formed as a thistle to four arms, the oval-shaped, cairngorm citrine matrix engraved with the arms of the Scott family
Note:
The arms of those of Scott. The family descends from Sir Walter Scott (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) ancestor of the Dukes of Buccleuch.
These arms were granted in 1864 to Dr. John Scott of Cavendish Square London (1817-1890).
His son John Edward, became a trustee of the National Gallery and Wallace Collection and was created a Baronet of Castle House, Lisburn County Antrim 1899 and KCB in 1908.
The seal shows no sign of rank and must date after 1864 and before 1899, so most probably for Dr. Scott.