λAn early 19th century desk seal

λAn early 19th century desk seal,

tapering ivory handle, fluted gold mount with a carved armorial hard stone matrix, length 7.8cm.

The arms are those of Byng impaling Paget for the 1829 marriage of George Stevens Byng (1806-1886) to Lady Agnes Paget (1804-1845) daughter of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey. In 1860 George Byng succeeded his Father to become 2nd Earl of Stratford.