£404
A Private Collection of Seals: Highlights from The Matrix Collection | 749
Auction: 19 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
the banded agate seal with facetted tapered handle with waisted neck, the oval matrix with armorial shield surmounted by crest with motto in banner below
Heraldry:
Arms: Argent two bars gules on a canton of the second a cinquefoil (……?)
Crest: A lion couchant (……?)
Motto: Ornat fortem prudentia [Prudence adorns the brave]
Upon the balance of probability and without any evidence to the contrary this seal was at one time in the possession of a gentleman of the Lancaster family.