£227
A Private Collection of Seals: Highlights from The Matrix Collection | 749
Auction: 19 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
the large steel matrix engraved with crest and dated 1850, with motto THE CORPORATE SEAL OF THE GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, with a short stem
Provenance:
Sheffield Railway Auctions, 11th December 1999 lot 352
Note:
The Glasgow & Southwestern Railway, which served a triangular section of south west Scotland, including Ayrshire and the busy Firth of Clyde ports, was formed by the amalgamation of the Glasgow, Dumfries & Carlisle Railway, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway in 1850. The new railway adopted the emblem previously used by the latter company