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Seal

Unmarked

about 1630

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueSilver

DimensionsH. (hinge open) 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.); Diameter 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.); Weight 128.3 gm (4 oz 2 dwt)

Credit LineAnna Augusta Chapin Fund and Gift of Mrs. Stuart C. Welch

Accession number1982.619

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceAbout 1630, Francis Browne (b. 1610 - d. 1682), 3rd Viscount Montagu, Cowdray House, Sussex (original commission) [see note 1]. 1982, Brand Inglis, Ltd., London; 1982, sold by Brand Inglis to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1982)

NOTES:
[1] The arms on this seal are his. It may have been made upon his succession to the title of Viscount Montagu, with the death of his father in 1629.