A gold-mounted bloodstone hand seal, probably English, second quart𝔍er 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 moorish supporters and the same crest as before, apparently unmarked

weight: 43 g

height 3 5⁄8 in.; 9,2 cm.

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Sceau en jasওpe s🦩anguin et or, probablement Angleterre, deuxième quart du XIXe siècle

ciselé de feuilles d'acanthe et gravé de rinceaux, la matrice gravée d'un cimier et de la devise Fide et Amore, la matrice opposée gravée d'armoiries et du même cimier, apparemment non poinçonné

weight: 43 g

height 3 5⁄8 in.; 9,2 cm.