SEAL
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
The rectangular bloodstone seal has a cut intaglio with a coat of arms. It shows a shield for a baron, supported by a lion and a griffin with a motto on a banderole below and a crown above. The rectangular bloodstone has a melon-like backing in gold. Above this is an elaborate scrolled support for a ribbed ring which would attach to a watch chain.
- Object name:
- SEAL
- Made from:
- Bloodstone -- gold
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.209
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- COAT OF ARMS: Arms of English baron
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973