19thC Bloodstone & Gold Continental Marriage Armorials Desk Seal

Seal Detail

A fine example of a gold and bloodstone desk seal, the handle of inverted baluster form with cushion top, tapering to a gold chased collar and rectangular matrix, well engraved with the armorials of a marriage couple under a Count's coronet and supported by two lions.  

Presented in superb original condition and worthy of further research into the origins of the families involved.

Seal Specification

Height: 57mm

Diameter of matrix:  13mmx11mm 

Weight 17g