A GOLD-CASED BLOODSTONE SEAL
PROBABLY ENGLISH, 2ND QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY
Modelled as an armoured gauntlet grasping a hand seal chased with acanthus leaves and engraved with scrolls and terminating in a small circular chalcedony matrix with intaglio crest of a phoenix issuing from a coronet within a buckle and strap cartouche with motto Fide et Amore, the opposite end terminating in an octagonal bloodstone matrix with intaglio coat of arms with blackamoor supporters and the same crest as before
3.5/8 in. long (9.2 cm.)
A GOLD-CASED BLOODSTONE SEAL
PROBABLY ENGLISH, 2ND QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY
Modelled as an armoured gauntlet grasping a hand seal chased with acanthus leaves and engraved with scrolls and terminating in a small circular chalcedony matrix with intaglio crest of a phoenix issuing from a coronet within a buckle and strap cartouche with motto Fide et Amore, the opposite end terminating in an octagonal bloodstone matrix with intaglio coat of arms with blackamoor supporters and the same crest as before
3.5/8 in. long (9.2 cm.)