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SEALS A rare and unique round inkwell with a polychrome decoration on the front depicting the coat of arms of the bishop of the Montmorency-Laval family: Or, a cross Gules charged with five shells Argent and cantoned by sixteen alerions Azure. On the other sides, two inscriptions within a medallion formed by a garland of flowers: “DIEU AIDE AU PREMIER BARON CHRETIEN” (God Help the First Christian Baron), the motto of the Montmorency-Laval family, and on the other, “APLANOS,” the Montmorency motto “Straight ahead, without deviating,” written in Greek. Blue fillet and blue combed edges. (Repaired at the “Trois Plumiers”) 18th century Length: 17 cm Provenance: - Galerie Vandermeersch, Quai Voltaire, Paris.