A GEORGE IV GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY HAND-SEAL
CIRCA 1820
Formed as an ivory hand holding a baton with carnelian initialled matrix, the hand with hardstone signet-ring, the gold mounts chased with palmettes, the bloodstone matrix with a coat-of-arms
3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) high
The arms are those of de Burgh accolé with de Burgh impaling Canning quartering others for Ulick, 14th Earl of Clanricarde (1802-1874), late 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, and his wife Harriet (1804-1876), daughter of George Canning (1770-1827), prime minister, whom he married in 1825.
A GEORGE IV GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY HAND-SEAL
CIRCA 1820
Formed as an ivory hand holding a baton with carnelian initialled matrix, the hand with hardstone signet-ring, the gold mounts chased with palmettes, the bloodstone matrix with a coat-of-arms
3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) high
The arms are those of de Burgh accolé with de Burgh impaling Canning quartering others for Ulick, 14th Earl of Clanricarde (1802-1874), late 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, and his wife Harriet (1804-1876), daughter of George Canning (1770-1827), prime minister, whom he married in 1825.
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