Lot 170

THE HANDCOCK FAMILY SEAL
A LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY GOLD AND AMETHYST PERSONAL FOB SEAL






Auction: 16 September 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
The fluted and foliate mount to an amethyst matrix engraved with the arms of the Handcock family; together with another similar, of open scroll design, to a citrine matrix engraved with a coat of arms of the Tucker family, (2)
Dimensions
2.7cm overall, 1.3cm x 1.7cm, 3cm overall, 2cm x 1.6cm
Footnote
Heraldry:
Arms for Amethyst Seal
Crest: A demi-lion rampant azure holding between the paws a fusil argent charged with a cock gules
Motto: Vigilate Et Orate [Watch and pray]
The Handcocks, of Portleek in the County of Westmeath.The Handcocks, Viscounts and Barons Castlemaine.The Handcocks, of Watertown in the County of Westmeath.All these families bore the crest as blazoned above.
Arms for Citrine Seal
Arms: Azure a chevron or between three seahorses argent
Crest: A lion’s gamb erased gules holding a battleaxe handled or headed argent





