Property of the d𝐆escendants 🌌of William & Robert Adam
A jewelled gold and citrine desk seal, English, late 19th century, Property of the descendants of William & Robert Adam
Lot Closed
January 14, 04:02 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Property of the descendants🔥 of William & Robert Adam
A jewelled gold and citrine desk seಌal, Eℱnglish, late 19th century
the body of faceted citrine, surmounted with a silver-mounted diamond-set collar, the gold matrix engraved with the initials 'CMA' in Gothic script for Clementina Mary Adam (1866-1944), unmarked
5.4cm., 2 1/8 in. high
Clementina Mary Adam was born in Westminster in 1866 as one of the children of the Rt. Hon. William Patrick. Adam (1823-1881), M.P. for Clackmannan and Kinross between 1859 and 1880 and Governor of Madras in 1880, and his wife, Emily Eliza (née Wyllie). In October 1908 she was appointed by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught to be Lady in Waiting to their daughter, Princess Patricia of Connaught, later Lady Patricia Ramsay (1886-1974). Miss Adam died at the age of 70 at 20 Halsey Street, Chelsea on 8 February 1944.