A FRENCH JEWELLED SILVER-GILT HAND SEAL
BY JULES WIESE (FL. 1858-1890), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1870
formed as a hunter sounding his horn, standing with his horse beneath a tree, his dog and a dead deer lying on the ground beside him, a cabochon red garnet surmounting the handle, the matrix engraved with a French coat-of-arms
3 7/8 in. (98 mm.) high
gross weight 5.7 oz. (176 gr.)
The arms are those of Le Clerc impailing de Percin de Montgaillard de Lavalette, for Charles-Léon-Ernest Le Clerc (1825-1886), Marquis de Juigné, MP for Sarthe 1871-1876 and his wife Charlotte-Bernadine-Auguste, née de Percin de Montgaillard de Lavalette, whom he married in 1844.
A FRENCH JEWELLED SILVER-GILT HAND SEAL
BY JULES WIESE (FL. 1858-1890), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1870
formed as a hunter sounding his horn, standing with his horse beneath a tree, his dog and a dead deer lying on the ground beside him, a cabochon red garnet surmounting the handle, the matrix engraved with a French coat-of-arms
3 7/8 in. (98 mm.) high
gross weight 5.7 oz. (176 gr.)
The arms are those of Le Clerc impailing de Percin de Montgaillard de Lavalette, for Charles-Léon-Ernest Le Clerc (1825-1886), Marquis de Juigné, MP for Sarthe 1871-1876 and his wife Charlotte-Bernadine-Auguste, née de Percin de Montgaillard de Lavalette, whom he married in 1844.