The double seal matrix of Sir George Carey, Captain General of the Isle of Wight and Admiral of Southampton, bears on the reverse a Tudor man'o' war and on the obverse the 20 quarterings of his coat of arms derived from the Spencer and Boleyn marriages.
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Title of artwork, date
Elizabethan ivory seal-matrix, 1585
Date supported
1944
Medium and material
Ivory
Grant
60
Total cost
60
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