Lot 221
THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL COMPANY LIMITED SEAL
AN 1860s STEEL AND TURNED WOOD DESK SEAL
Estimate: £200 - £300
Auction: 17 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
the wooden handle with a mushroom terminal, to a circular steel matrix engraved to the border ‘THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HALL COMPANY LIMITED’ with a depiction of a pastoral scene and steam engine to the centre
Dimensions
6cm (long overall), 6.8cm (matrix diameter)
Provenance
The Matrix Collection
Footnote
The Royal Agricultural Hall was built in 1862 in Islington, London with the Foundation stone being laid in 1861.
It was the Smithfield Club who instigated the build, they had originally held their annual exhibition of livestock near Smithfield Meat Market near the Barbican but had outgrown this and desired a bigger formal premise. They held their first exhibition in 1862.
