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LOT 2111
Copy of an Historic Bronze Seal of the Lermonth Family
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (24 grams, 32 mm diameter).
Comprising a fleur-de-lys handle and discoid body, underside with central heater shield and legend '*S' PATRICII*LERMUNTH (seal of Patrick Lermunth); the arms including a chevron and three mascles (voided lozenges). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Norwich, Norfolk, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by an original handwritten note about the heraldry of the seal dated 15 December 1997.
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