POST MEDIEVAL SWEDISH 'SCHONSTROM OF DALCALIA' FOB SEAL MATRIX 17th-18th century AD A cut steel chessman seal matrix with hexagonal section shaft and pointed oval knob; the oval face with intaglio heraldic garnished shield triparte arms depicting a burning pyre below with a Mars symbol to each field above surmounted by a crest of a demi-lion rampant holding flaming torch and two arrows, a ribboned order below to exergue; with incuse ALTID SVENSK. inscription, for the Schönström family of Dalecarlia, Sweden; with inked collector number to reverse and a note of identification. 31.97 grams, 32.10mm tall (23.12mm face) (1 1/4" (1")). Very fine condition. Provenance From a significant private English collection of seal matrices, formed over the past 35 years. Literature See Adl. 1663, number 1056 and 1848. Footnotes This seal has been examined and attributed by Lars Largerqvist, a Swedish heraldry expert.
POST MEDIEVAL SWEDISH 'SCHONSTROM OF DALCALIA' FOB SEAL MATRIX 17th-18th century AD A cut steel chessman seal matrix with hexagonal section shaft and pointed oval knob; the oval face with intaglio heraldic garnished shield triparte arms depicting a burning pyre below with a Mars symbol to each field above surmounted by a crest of a demi-lion rampant holding flaming torch and two arrows, a ribboned order below to exergue; with incuse ALTID SVENSK. inscription, for the Schönström family of Dalecarlia, Sweden; with inked collector number to reverse and a note of identification. 31.97 grams, 32.10mm tall (23.12mm face) (1 1/4" (1")). Very fine condition. Provenance From a significant private English collection of seal matrices, formed over the past 35 years. Literature See Adl. 1663, number 1056 and 1848. Footnotes This seal has been examined and attributed by Lars Largerqvist, a Swedish heraldry expert.
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