Lot 187

CASED COLLECTION OF BRITISH ARMORIAL FOB SEALS
LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE CASE LATER







Auction: Day One | Wed 12th Nov at 10am | Lots 1 to 338
Description
a group of ten yellow metal and steel mounted fob seals, together with a yellow metal ring, the seals carved of hardstone, glass or steel, the matrices carved with coats of arms, armorials or initials, mounted inside a circular red leather display box, the glazed top set with the thirteen wax seal impressions
Dimensions
the box 19cm diameter; the largest seal 4cm high
Provenance
Part of the former contents of Poltalloch House, Kilmartin, Argyll; designed by William Burn in Scottish Baronial style and built circa 1849-1853 for the Malcolm family






