A EUROPEAN EARLY 19TH CENTURY CORAL, SILVER AND BLOODSTONE MOUNTED DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1830 Y
£1,890
Auction: 17 October 2023 from 10:00 BST
Description
The coral handle finely carved as a roaring dragon in the Chinese taste, the open mouth grasping a flared silver mount engraved with scrolls and flower heads, with chased border, the canted rectangular bloodstone matrix with continental twin armorial shields with coronet above, in fitted leather case
Dimensions
Length: 8.4cm, matrix: 1.9cm x 2.0cm
Footnote
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