Live Auction 2349Important Silver Including The Stuart Collection of Magnificent Regency Silver
A REGENCY SILVER SEAL BOX
Lot 102

A REGENCY SILVER SEAL BOX

MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819

Closed19 October 2010

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A REGENCY SILVER SEAL BOX
MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1819
Circular, with acorn and oak border, the hinged cover cast and chased with Royal arms, marked on base and cover bezel, also marked 8
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diameter; 19 oz. (605 gr.)

The Albert Collection

Specialist note

Seal boxes were used to contain and preserve the seals of important documents. Another seal box by Paul Storr, 1818, with Royal arms is illustrated in Joseph R. Bliss, The Jerome and Rita Gans Collection of English Silver on Loan to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, n.d., cat. no. 49.