On eBay Now...UNIQUE ANTIQUE ENGLISH ROCK CRYSTAL DESK SEAL w/ ESSEX CRYSTAL MINIATURES c1870 For Sale
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UNIQUE ANTIQUE ENGLISH ROCK CRYSTAL DESK SEAL w/ ESSEX CRYSTAL MINIATURES c1870:
$2750.00
A true antique curiosity! This unique antique desk seal is made of solid natural rock crystal, fabulously colourless, hand cut, shaped and polished. With a high quality ribbed silver base, it\'s set with a rock crystal seal bearing the superbly carved monogram ‘BC’ or ‘CB’. It’s also set throughout with thirteen absolutely tiny genuine Essex crystals, reverse hand carved and reverse hand painted, to depict symbols of good luck. Among them are a toadstool; a chimney sweep; a ladybird; a spider; a horseshoe; a four-leafed clover, and a pig. I’ve never even heard of anything like this, it has a wonderful sense of frivolity and fun that the Victorians were not known for and gives a real feeling of being in touch with the humanity of our ancestors. You won’t find another!
It dates from around 1870/80 and isinexcellent condition, with a tiny chip to the crystal body near the spider, crack/loss to the uppermost inset crystal and one or two minimal blemishes elsewhere. It weighs 81.3 grams and measures just over 2 ½ inches tall. The final photo shows it with a US penny (1 cent) coinfor scale, which measures19mm/ ¾ of an inchdiameter.
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