A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED

A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED

£1,550.00
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A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
  • A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED
A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED

A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER GILT DESK SEAL ENGLISH CIRCA 1820, UNMARKED

£1,550.00

Seal Detail

The handle formed as a cast half length figure of King George IV in full military uniform and medals, raised on a an architectural hexagonal stepped stem and hexagonal white chalcedony matrix set within, in a alter fitted leather case, circa 1845, with tooled detail and fitted lining, inscribed to interior ‘Noah Groves Goldsmith Bradford’

The later engraved armorial, crest and motto HIC FRUCTUS VIRTUTIS for Waller Baronetcy of Braywick Lodge, Berkshire. The arms appear to be for one of Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller’s two sons, most likely his eldest Thomas, used prior to 1853 when they would have inherited the Baronetcy and the arms would have been upgraded.

While no direct provenance that this seal was gifted directly by the Royal family to Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller his well recorded close relationship not only with George IV but the wider family does give an insight that this could be the case. 

Waller had been ophthalmic surgeon to George III and treated various other members of the royal family through his career. Including the future king George IV Princesses Sophia and Mary and their brother the Dukes of Cumberland and Cambridge. The Dukes even acting as sponsor at the christening of Waller younger son Ernest Adolphus in 1808. 

Provenance

By family tradition presented to Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller on the death of King Geoge IV

By descent 

Matrix a Collection of British Seals, David Morris, seal 14, pages 46 – 47

Seal Specification

Height: 65 mm

Diameter of matrix: 19mm x 17mm 

Weight:  72g 

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