Lot 33
A CROCKETT OF SCOTLAND FAMILY DESK SEAL
A LATE 19TH-CENTURY BANDED AGATE AND BLOODSTONE SEAL
Auction: 19 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
£693
Description
the facetted brown banded agate, of baluster form, to a chased silver mounted collar with four acanthus scroll arms, the bloodstone matrix engraved with the crest and motto HAVE A CARE, presented in a fitted case, the base stamped for 'BURGER-LEVEQUE/ Graveur/ 64 PALAIS ROYAL 3
Dimensions
Length: 81mm, matrix: 22mm x 17mm
Footnote
Note:
Attributed to a branch of the Scottish family Crockett, who use a variety of mottos including TAK'TENT, TAKE HEED, TAKE CARE, in connection with either a sleeping or walking hound. A Chinese export armorial porcelain dinner service with the motto TAKE HEED with a hound crest made in circa 1785 is recorded for the family