£3,276
A Private Collection of Seals: Highlights from The Matrix Collection | 749
Auction: 19 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
the tapered facetted handle with a gold foliate border, above a facetted spherical smoky quartz bead in chased acanthus mounts, the matrix with engraved crest in a domed mount with applied flower heads and foliate borders in vari-coloured gold, in a later fitted case
Provenance:
David Lavender, London
Note:
The crest of a stag's head erased with a cross ditched between naturals is used by various Scottish families, including Cairns, Crawford of Ayrshire and others. Without a motto, it has not been possible to identify a specific family