Early 18thc Steel Armorial Desk Seal

Seal Detail

A charming steel desk seal of flat top form and squared tapering handle with canted corners to a fluted cushion and oval integral matrix, engraved with the  image of a figure on horseback with robe aiding a standing person, on a grassy ground with shield at the base and inscription reading:

H(EILIGER) AN(TONIUS) SCHU(L) SI(GEL)

The seal of the Rev. Anthony Schul with the imagery depicting "the Holy many shares his coat with a beggar.

Seal Specification

Height 48mm

Diameter of matrix 24mm x 27mm

Weight 41g