Seal Detail

A double-ended fob seal English with ring-molded stem and central suspension fitting with oval matrix at each end, the larger engraved with arms comprising three gauntlets under a Earl's coronet. The smaller matrix bears a crest of a bull's heads rising from a ducal coronet surmounted by an earl's coronet and motto reading:

NE VILE FANO (disgrace not the altar).

The seal is that of Francis Fane, Earl of Westmorland. Although the same crest arms and motto were used by later Earls it is believed to be made for Francis Fane Ist Earl, on his elevation to Earl in 1624. 

Seal Specification

Height:  40mm

Diameter of matrix:  16mm x 18mm and 19mm x 21mm 

Weight: 15 g