Wax seal impression in a turned lignum vitae box 41 mm diameter

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Wax seal impression in a turned lignum vitae box 41 mm diameter. Item 4558.This impression of a wax seal resides in a nicely turned lignum vitae box 41 mm (1 21/32nds of an inch) in diameter and 11 mm (3/8ths of an inch) thick. The seal is the head of a goat below a baron’s coronet. This device was used by Viscount Chetwynd as Baron Rathdowne of Ireland, and the Marquess of Tweeddale as Baron Hay of Scotland. The seal has a small crack and chip, but the box is in very good condition. It would date from around 1830.