A Victorian Gold-Mounted Bloodstone and Carnelian Hand-Seal Circa

the baluster bloodstone handle with fluted gold mount, with beaded and twisted wire borders, the carnelian matrix cut with a crest 11.5cm long Provenance: The Matrix Collection. The crest is that of Caleb Wright, Esq. M.P. (1810-1898). Wright was from Lower Oak, Tyldesley in Lancashire. As one of thirteen children, he started work in the cotton mills at the age of eleven, rising to manager by 1841 and as early as 1844 having built his own mill. By 1876 he had been granted the right to bear arms, being elected local M.P. in 1885, Wright was a Gladstonian liberal, supporting Home Rule for Ireland and votes for women

Estimate:£600

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