A Gilt Metal Fob Seal, 19th century, cast with scrolls and foliage, the carnelian matrix intaglio carved with the arms of Hyde Clarke, 3cm long, in fitted leather case initialled in gilt EHC See illustration

This seal is carved with arms of Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall, Cheshire. The initials on the box presumably for one of several Edward Hyde Clarkes who were descendants of George Clarke, Secretary and then Lieutenant-Governor of New York province between 1703 and 1743, and his grandson, also George Clarke, who built Hyde Hall, New York, considered to be one of the finest examples of neo-classic country houses in the United States