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POST MEDIEVAL GOLD HERALDIC 'HOPE-MORLEY FAMILY ARMS' FOB SEAL MATRIX 20th century AD A gold-mounted fob seal with pierced frame and oval green/red bloodstone face depicting intaglio heater shield with arms of a central leopard's head jessant-de-lys, with three griffin heads around and surmounted by a demi-griffin, wings elevated, holding a leopard's head jessant-de-lys crest with 'TENAX PROPOSITI' (Steadfast in Purpose) motto on ribbon below, being the arms, crest and motto of the Barons Hollenden (Hope-Morley family). 8.19 grams, 29mm long (seal face 18mm) (1 1/4" (3/4")). Fine condition; small chip to face of seal. [No Reserve] Provenance Property of a Warwickshire gentleman; formerly in the private collection of the famous actor Leslie Phillips; acquired 1950-1960. Footnotes Samuel Hope Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden of Leigh, Kent (1845-1929, created Baron 1912) served as Governor of the Bank of England (1903-1905); Geoffrey Hope Hope-Morley (1885-1977) was High Sheriff of the County of London in 1917; the title is held today by the 4th Baron, Ian Hampden Hope-Morley. Born in 1924 in London, Leslie Phillips attended the Italia Conti Academy where he developed the slightly affected accent which became his trademark. He usually played a roguish, suave charmer, and also enjoyed successful comic roles in the early Carry On films and on radio’s The Navy Lark. He has appeared in more than fifty films, plays and TV series spanning six decades; and recently gained new fans through his appearances in the Harry Potter films. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours; promoted to Commander (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.