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Description: | Five fob seals. a) A brass pump swivel style seal with beaded ornamentation and a face set with mother-of-pearl with a bust to the right. b) A silver pump swivel style seal with an openwork stalk. The face is set with cornelian and engraved in intaglio with a bust to the right. c) A glass seal with a solid sugar loaf design, the face is engraved with a monogram. d) An agate seal with a solid suger loaf shape. The face is engraved in intaglio with the initial "HM" in a shield above which is a lion holding a star between the initial "JD" and this is surmounted by a fox running and the word "Tally". The motto beneath the shield is "Home Sale". e) A seal with a solid sugar loaf shape with a face engraved with a monogram.
Technique: engraving (action)
Material: brass
Material: mother-of-pearl
Material: silver
Material: cornelian
Material: glass
Material: gemstone
Material: agate (chalcedony)
fob seals made in England, United Kingdom, Europe, 1750-1850, (1933.112/3 (a-e)). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.3787 | Go to resource |
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