Seal Detail

Stunning 19th century hardstone and gold armorial desk seal, the handle of fluted nephrite with a flared collar petal-lobed head and a smooth domed finial, the gently tapering stem fitted to a gold foliate-chased collar edged with beading and flared oval mount edged in repeating pattern and stamped for gold. The oval matrix engraved with two shields under a Marquis coronet and decorative border.

The seal was made to celebrate the marriage of a member of the Pinczon du Sel family to an, as yet, unidentified wife. The seal is of a very quality both in the materials used and quality of the work of the engraving. 

Seal Specification

Height: 80 mm

Diameter of matrix:  17mm x 20mm

collar: 10mm

Weight:  69g