THE TOWERS OF NORTHAMPTON SEAL
AN EARLY VICTORIAN GOLD MOUNTED HARDSTONE DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1840
£328
Auction: 17 October 2023 from 10:00 BST
Description
The tapering facetted handle of mottled bone-colour and shadowy grey agate with gold button terminal, banded collar cast with flowering scrollwork, the rounded rectangular white chalcedony matrix engraved with a coat of arms, 'The arms of Towers of Northampton impaling Yate of Woton Waven, Co. Warwick, descended from Richard Yate of Buckinghamshire'
Dimensions
Length: 8.5cm, matrix: 1.9cm x 1.8cm