Name: Auction: A VISCOUNT'S AGATE AND GOLD MOUNTED DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1840s
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 1764 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

A Private Collection of Seals: Highlights from The Matrix Collection

Sale number: 749 The Matrix Collection has been carefully compiled by the late Mr David Morris and showcases a variety of personal desk seals as well as institutional and organisational desk seals. The seals were collected for their historical interest as well as their beauty. We are pleased to offer select pieces from the collection with some highlights including Sir Walter Scott’s desk seal, the Commercial Bank of Scotland seal and the Archbishop Spottiswoode seal.

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Kier Alexander, Silver Specialist | Lyon & Turnbull Auctioneers

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Highlights from The Matrix Collection

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the agate handle with domed terminal and of tapering form, within a fretted collar with phoenix birds and scroll-work decoration, the escutcheon-shaped matrix engraved with a Viscount's coronet above a cypher of two Ms

A VISCOUNT'S AGATE AND GOLD MOUNTED DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1840s

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