£504
A Private Collection of Seals: Highlights from The Matrix Collection | 749
Auction: 19 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
the simple turned hardwood handle of tapering form, to a brass collar and matrix, engraved with the arms of Dalrymple of Hailes
Heraldry:
Arms: Or on a saltire azure nine lozenges of the field a bordure of the second charged with four boars' head coupled alternating with a like number of mullets of the field
The arms environed with the ribbon and badge of a baronet of Nova Scotia (or Scotland)
Crest: A rock proper
Motto: Firm
Note:
The Dalrymple family was a prestigious Scottish family, with members partaking in roles integral to Scottish society such as Historians, Advocates, and Lord Provost of Edinburgh. They were also possessors of the Baronetcy of Hailes, in 1709 the first Baronet of Hailes purchased Whitehills House, in East Lothian, renaming it Newhailes.
Newhailes House is an 18th-century villa and was once famous for having one of the largest libraries in Europe.
John Pringle Dalrymple (1774-1829) was the fifth Baron. At the age of 18, he entered the military service as an ensign of the 90th Regiment of Foot (90th (Perthshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot). He was awarded Knight of the Order of the Bath, on December 28th, 1807
A painting by George Watson (1767-1837) of John Pringle Dalrymple from the collection of the Newhailes Estate, and is now part of the National Trust for Scotland collection.