Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
THREE DESK SEALS 19TH CENTURY
Lot 498

THREE DESK SEALS 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 May 2014

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THREE DESK SEALS
19TH CENTURY
An openwork gilt-metal desk seal, the bloodstone matrix carved with cypher and coronet, the top of the wirework stem set with five lapis cabochons; a gold-mounted agate desk seal, circa 1805, the sard matrix carved with a lozenge coat-of-arms with marquess' coronet above, with fluted and reeded mount together with a gold-mounted desk seal, circa 1830, the bloodstone matrix cut with a marquess' coronet and initial L, with chased floral mount, the tapering stem set with panels of polished agates and malachite

3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high and 2 in. (5 cm.) high, respectively

Specialist note

The first seal is cut with the initial V with Earl's coronet above probably for George, 2nd Earl Vane, later 5th Marquess of Londonderry (1821-1884).
The arms of the second seal are those of Stewart quartering Cowan impaling Pratt quartering Jeffreys, for Frances, (d. 1833), Marchioness of Londonderry, daughter of Charles, 1st Earl Camden (1713-1794), second wife and widow of Robert, Ist Marquess of Londonderry (1739-1821) whom she married in 1775.