Second counterseal of the earl, formed from an antique gem *intaglio* matrix, and depicts a lion preying on a stag, below a star of six points.
Image description (reverse)
Legend (obverse)
IE SV SEL DE AMVR LELL (“I am the seal of true love”).
Legend (reverse)
Catalogue
P/Dunb/5/2C
Notes
Stevenson and Wood describe this as the reverse of a double-sided seal, but it was certainly single-sided; the earl’s first and third seals were both single-sided, and the supposed reverse of this seal has significantly smaller and differently-shaped dimensions than those described here. That it was a counterseal described here is confirmed by Stevenson and Wood’s own note that it was engraved from an antique gem.
Dimensions: 7/8 × 13/16 in.
SW II, p.335.