JACOBITE 'Rose & Bud' SEAL

JACOBITE 'Rose & Bud' DESK SEAL, silver, on carved mother pearl

Jacobite ROSE & BUD silver seal, on carved mother pearl handle, a cuffed hand clutching a rolled document.
Engraved in mirror image : M.A.S.L. to A.F.K.

The 'rose and bud' image was used clandestinely by exiled supporters of James Edward Stewart (known as the Old Pretender, son of England's deposed King James II) and his son Charles Edward Stewart "Bonnie Prince Charlie".

Length : 3"
Silver Hallmarks : Paris, 1819 - 1838 rabbit head contour mark. unidentified maker mark in vertical losenge

# 02729 ..................................................................... $ 1,800.