Lot 24

A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND SMOKEY QUARTZ DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1840






Auction: 19 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
£3,276
Description
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
Dimensions
Length: 75mm, matrix 18mm x 16mm
Provenance
Provenance:
David Lavender, London
Footnote
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





