Single-sided seal from an antique gem matrix, depicting a chimera (a lion holding a goat in its jaws to *sinister*).
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
SIGILL’ WI . . . VENEL (“Seal of Wi(lliam A)venel”).
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
P/Ave/2
Notes
Stevenson and Wood follow Laing's description, but it is difficult to verify whether it is accurate due to the small reproduction of the seal in Laing, Scottish Seals, pl.5, no.1.
Dimensions: approx. 1 × 7/8 in.
SW II, p.233, no.161.