Live Auction 5220Christie's Interiors
AN ENGLISH GOLD AND IVORY SEAL WITH AMETHYST MATRIX
Lot 213

AN ENGLISH GOLD AND IVORY SEAL WITH AMETHYST MATRIX

CIRCA 1820

Closed11 March 2014

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GBP 4,750

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AN ENGLISH GOLD AND IVORY SEAL WITH AMETHYST MATRIX
CIRCA 1820
In the form of a hand issuing from a cuff, clutching a baton, one end of the baton set with a bloodstone disc with intaglio baron's coronet, the other end set with banded agate disc with intaglio monogram, the ends of the baton chased with acanthus leaves, the fluted oblong base with amethyst matrix with intaglio coat of arms
2.3/4 in. long (7 cm.)

Specialist note

The arms are for Graves of Gravesend, Co. Londonderry, impaling Paget, for Thomas, 2nd Baron Graves (1775-1830) and his wife, Mary Paget (died 1835), youngest daughter of Henry, 1st Earl of Uxbridge. Baron Graves was MP for Oakhampton, Windsor and Melborne Court and Lord of the Bedchamber of the Prince Regent