THE ARTHUR KITCHING DESK SEAL BISHOP ON THE UPPER NILE 1926
Seal Detail
A most impressive and weighty 20th century brass desk seal, of vessica form, the matrix well engraved with central armorial under a bishop's mitre and outer inscription within a beaded border reading:
THE. SEAL. OF. ARTHUR. LEONARD. KITCHING. BISHOP. ON. THE. UPPER. NILE. A.D 1926
The reverse engraved with the engraver's name: ALLAN G. WYON 80. BOUNDARY ROAD. LONDON NW
Together with the seal's original green leather case, gilt printed with the Bishop's mitre and border with inner sleeve.
Arthur Leonard Kitching (18 August 1875 – 24 October 1960)
Seal Specification
Height: 26mm
Diameter of matrix: 52mm x 78mm
Weight: 638g