A Fine Early Victorian Scottish Three-colour Gold And Smokey Quartz Desk Seal, Circa 1840 - May 19, 2023 | Lyon & Turnbull In Scotland
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A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND SMOKEY QUARTZ DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1840

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A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND SMOKEY QUARTZ DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1840
A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND SMOKEY QUARTZ DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1840
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the tapered facetted handle with a gold foliate border, above a facetted spherical smoky quartz bead in chased acanthus mounts, the matrix with engraved crest in a domed mount with applied flower heads and foliate borders in vari-coloured gold, in a later fitted case

(Length: 75mm, matrix 18mm x 16mm)

Provenance: David Lavender, London

Note: The crest of a stag's head erased with a cross ditched between naturals is used by various Scottish families, including Cairns, Crawford of Ayrshire and others. Without a motto, it has not been possible to identify a specific family
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A FINE EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND SMOKEY QUARTZ DESK SEAL, CIRCA 1840

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Starting Price £1,500
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Lyon & Turnbull

Lyon & Turnbull

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Kier Mulholland
Specialist, Jewellery & Silver
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