FABULOUS RARE CLAN JOHNSTONE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE ITEMS
A SET OF SIX LARGE & EIGHT SMALL LIVERY BUTTONS & A ONE PIECE AGATE SEALING WAX SEAL
THE LIVERY BUTTONS ARE ALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND WERE MADE BY "FIRMIN & SONS, 153 STRAND & 13 CONDUIT ST, LONDON". THEY HAVE THE JOHNSTONE CREST ABOVE THE JOHNSTONE MOTTO "NUNQUAM NON PARATUS ". THE BUTTONS WERE MADE BEFORE 1876 AS FIRMIN BECAME A LIMITED COMPANY IN 1875 AND BACK MARKS AFTER 1875 INCLUDED "LD" FOR "LIMITED".
THE SEAL IS MADE OUT OF ONE PIECE OF BANDED AGATE. IT IS A LITTLE OVER ONE AND A HALF INCHES TALL OR 4.2 CMS. IT HAS THE SAME CREST AND MOTTO AS THE BUTTONS. IT IS IN GOOD OVERALL CONDITION WITH JUST THE ONE LITTLE CHIP TO THE RIM WHICH COULD BE SMOOTHED OUT - PLEASE SEE CLOSE UP PHOTOS. I THINK THE SEAL IS ALSO VICTORIAN
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