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Auction archive: Lot number 132

TWO CONTINENTAL ROCK CRYSTAL HAND-SEALS, ONE GOLD-MOUNTED

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,659 - US$2,489
Price realised:
£2,500
ca. US$4,148
Auction archive: Lot number 132

TWO CONTINENTAL ROCK CRYSTAL HAND-SEALS, ONE GOLD-MOUNTED

Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,659 - US$2,489
Price realised:
£2,500
ca. US$4,148
Beschreibung:

TWO CONTINENTAL ROCK CRYSTAL HAND-SEALS, ONE GOLD-MOUNTED
MID-19TH CENTURY
TWO CONTINENTAL ROCK CRYSTAL HAND-SEALS, ONE GOLD-MOUNTED MID-19TH CENTURY Tapering rock crystal seal of baluster form, the sides faceted, the cast gold domed-top and spreading base chased with scrolling foliage, waterleaf and c-scrolls on sablé ground, the neck of the base mount burnished, the carnelian matrix engraved with initials 'CA' surmounted with the motto ' Ense Totus Patriae de Cruce Deo. ' and a coronet; together with a rock crystal seal of tapering faceted baluster form, the matrix engraved with cypher 'CA' centred with a duke's coronet 2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) high; 2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) high The initials are probably those of Choiseul and Argenteau. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 132
Auction:
Datum:
17 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
17 November 2009, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

TWO CONTINENTAL ROCK CRYSTAL HAND-SEALS, ONE GOLD-MOUNTED
MID-19TH CENTURY
TWO CONTINENTAL ROCK CRYSTAL HAND-SEALS, ONE GOLD-MOUNTED MID-19TH CENTURY Tapering rock crystal seal of baluster form, the sides faceted, the cast gold domed-top and spreading base chased with scrolling foliage, waterleaf and c-scrolls on sablé ground, the neck of the base mount burnished, the carnelian matrix engraved with initials 'CA' surmounted with the motto ' Ense Totus Patriae de Cruce Deo. ' and a coronet; together with a rock crystal seal of tapering faceted baluster form, the matrix engraved with cypher 'CA' centred with a duke's coronet 2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) high; 2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) high The initials are probably those of Choiseul and Argenteau. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 132
Auction:
Datum:
17 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
17 November 2009, London, King Street
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