Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 28th October 2015
Lot 78
λAn early 19th century desk seal
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £200
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Description
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.