A William III or Queen Anne Silver Seal-Matrix Circa 1700, Circa 1700

plain circular, cut with a coat-of-arms below a marquess' coronet and with a label for difference, with reeded sides, handle lacking 34mm diameter, 20mm high, 1oz 3dwt, 35gr Provenance: The Matrix Collection. The arms are those of Osborne quartering others and with a label for difference, as borne by the Marquess' of Carmarthen, a subsidiary title of the Duke of Leeds, perhaps for Peregrine Osborne, later 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659-1729), styled Marquess of Carmarthen between 1694 and 1712 when he succeeded his father as the 2nd Duke of Leeds

Estimate:£250

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