Rare Unique Antique Notable Scottish Highlands Family 18th Century Bronze Horse Crest Sculpture Intaglio Letter Wax Seal By Repute Sir Ralph Abercromby.Add this equine masterpiece to your historic collection today.Subject model of a bay hunter horse head wearing head reigns, with mouth open.Visual beauty such fine master craftsmanship.An intaglio seal is a stamp that uses an engraved design to confirm the authenticity of a document or letter. The word ''intaglio'' comes from Italian and refers to a carving or engraving cut into a hard surface. Very finely modelled and beautifully cast.Origin from Scotland.Solid quality weighing 180 grams approximate.A cute small size being 7cm high, 2.6cm wide and 5cm in depth.An ideal collectors gift.Circa 1760 mid 18th century beginning of the Georgian era.By repute possible links to Sir Ralph AbercrombyBiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, KB (7 October 1734 � 28 March 1801) was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Trinidad in 1797. Rising to the rank of lieutenant general in the British army, he also served as the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and was noted for his military service during the French Revolutionary Wars, which included defeating the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. His strategies are ranked amongst the most daring and brilliant exploits of the British army.Abercromby''s education was begun by a private tutor, then continued at the school of Mr Moir in Alloa, then considered one of the best in Scotland despite its Jacobite leanings. Ralph attended Rugby School from 12 June 1748, where he remained until he was 18. Between 1752 and 1753, he was a student at the University of Edinburgh. There he studied moral and natural philosophy and civil law, and was regarded by his professors as sound rather than brilliant. He completed his studies at Leipzig University in Germany from autumn 1754, taking mo...