A GEORGE IV GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY DESK SEAL
CIRCA 1820
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A GEORGE IV GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY DESK SEAL CIRCA 1820

已结束2014年5月23日

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A GEORGE IV GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY DESK SEAL
CIRCA 1820
The bloodstone matrix carved with the Londonderry coat-of-arms, the ivory handle formed as a clenched fist holding a double-ended seal, with a carved hardstone matrix at either end

2? in. (6.2 cm.) high

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The arms are those of Vane quartering Stewart within the motto of the Order of the Bath and with numerous orders beneath accolle with the arms of Vane quartering Stewart with Vane and Tempest quartering others in pretence for Charles, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) and his second wife Frances (d. 1865), only daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Vane Tempest 2nd. Bt., whom he married in 1819.