Lot 317
A collection of four gold mounted fob seals,
Auction: 29 June 2005 at 12:00 BST
£1,315
Description
bearing the arms representing the marriage of Francis Egerton (grandson and heir of Dodington Egerton, himself the grandson of the 3rd Earl of Bridgwater) to Elizabeth Wyndham in 1803, one with oval cornelian intaglio, divided arched mount, 29mm high; one with octagonal cornelian mount, divided arched mount, 25mm; one with rounded rectangular cornelian intaglio, arched mount, 26mm high; and one with rectangular chalcedony intaglio, cast mount, 21mm high (4)
Footnote
Provenance: This collection of seals, comprising lots 313-318, was purchased as a group in the early 1950s.