Lot 66
THE BANFF LITERARY SOCIETY SEAL
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY LABURNUM AND BRASS SEAL, CIRCA 1810
Auction: 19 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
Description
the turned laburnum baluster handle socket mounted to an oval brass matrix, engraved with a bee skep within flowers and trees with motto ALVEUM ACCIPITE SOC:LIT:BANFF around
Dimensions
Length: 92mm, matrix: 39mm x 32mm
Footnote
Note:
Banff is a town in Aberdeenshire. The Banff Literary Society was instituted by five local youths in 1810, and the purpose of the society was to form a library and to hold meetings where essays could be read aloud, and literary topics could be discussed. The library held an extensive collection of technical literature on farming and practical philosophy of the highest intellectual content, amongst a plethora of other literature. The library was handed over to the town at the end of the 19th century.