Gold fob seal with full armorial intaglio

A gold fob seal with full armorial intaglio carved into carnelian.

Scottish c.1820 

Armorial and crest of the Malcolm family Lairds of Poltalloch, Chief of Clan Malcolm.

28.5mm high, 13.6 grams.

Provenance; part of the remaining contents of Poltalloch House, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland. Poltalloch was the family seat from the late 18th century, the house was rebuilt at great expense in 1830 by the 12th Laird. The family later moved to one of their other homes, Duntrune Castle and Poltalloch was left unkept, it was in a ruinous state by the 1950's and is now just a shell.