THE MARITAL ARMS OF WOOD AND VALIANT FAMILY SEAL
A BLOODSTONE AND AGATE MULTI-MATRIX DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1840
£945
Auction: 17 October 2023 from 10:00 BST
Description
The domed bloodstone handle to a stylised mount, the oval bloodstone matrix engraved with the arms, opens out to a smaller agate matrix with crest and motto, and a smaller banded agate matrix with engraved initials
Dimensions
Length: 10.6cm, matrices: 1.7cm x 1.9cm, 1.5cm x 1.8cm, 1.3cm x 1.6cm
Footnote
Heraldry:
Arms:
(on the dexter): Per fess or and sable a wold rampant counterchanged between two trees eradicated in chief proper (for Wood)
(on the sinister): Per chevron embattled vert ad gules in chief two garbs OR and in base as many scimitars saltirewise proper surmounted by a leopard's face Or (for Valiant)
Crest: A Demi-lion rampant argent semy of buckles sable the sinister paw resting on a shield sable charged with a wolf's head erased argent
Note:
These arms undoubtedly commemorate the marriage of Edward Herbert Wood (1847-1886) and Evelyn Anne Valiant (1851-1926). They were married on the 8th June 1869 at the Parish Church of St. George, Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex. They had six children, two sons and four daughters.