£227
A Private Collection of Seals: Highlights from The Matrix Collection | 749
Auction: 19 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
the mother of pearl handle, likely French or Italian, of flattened form with foliate carved details and pommel, the silver matrix with chased Rococo foliate scrolls, engraved with arms of Stewart quartering Comyn
Note:
The arms are for a cadet branch of the Stewart’s of Garth, Perthshire, Scotland. Originally descended from James illegitimate son of Alexander Stewart, 4th son of King Robert II of Scotland, most commonly recognised as Earl Buchan in 1382, and known as the Wolf of Badenoch