Auction Closed
October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Four hardstone and gold or gilt-metal desk seals, Englis🌸h, circa 1840, one cane handle, German, and one intaglio
the four desk seals made of gold-mounted moulded red and brown agate handles of various shapes, gold cushions chased with bulbous foliate scrolls, one with gilt-metal collar, the matrixes engraved with crest, initials and motto, the banded agate cane handle of tapering cylindrical form with a bulbous gilt-metal terminal chased and engraved with rosettes and surmounted by a star shaped finial, marked for 14-carat gold, the agate intaglio with a flaming heart
weight: 63.4 g
length of largest 3 in.; 7,7 cm.
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Quatre sceaux en p🐲ierres dures et or, Angleterre, vers 1840, un manche de canne, Allemagne, et une intaille
les manches en agate rouge et brune montée en or, les matrices gravées d'un écusson, d'initiales et d'une devise; le pommeau de canne en agate rubanée à prise en forme d'étoile, poinçon pour l'or 14 carats; l'intaille en agate
weight: 63.4 g
length of largest 3 in.; 7,7 cm.
(5)
Sotheby's London, The Ballyedmond Collection, 23-24 May 2017, lot 211
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Sotheby's Londres, The Ballyedmond Collection, 23-24 mai 2017, lot 211