69g (Mitchiner
Rare and about extremely fine
fields lightly hairlined
upright lion within double lozenge with fleur de lis at apexes
VS1947 [1890]
The Counterseal of the Great Seal of King George IV, 1820, ex Wyon and Pavilion 69g (MitchinerThe Counterseal of the Great Seal of King George IV, 1820, a superb red wax proof impression of the seal, by Thomas Wyon Sr. (1767 1830), chief engraver of the seals; the King enthroned on King Edward's Chair, figures of Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia before him, Religion and Justice to his left and, to right, leaning on the throne, Athena, in lion topped helmet, wide oak and olive wreath around with, at top, the crowned Royal arms, 150mm, glazed and