Make an impression with a lovely antique desk wax seal depicting an oak tree and frame saw growing out of a ducal crown above a banner with the motto THROUGH.

Please review the photos carefully as they are the most important part of the description. Also, some of the antique seals are very large, some very small, and I have carefully measured each, see below.

- approximate height - 3 1/4“ (80mm)
- matrix measurement - 3/4" x 5/8" (19mm x 16mm)
- metal - bronze or brass but it appears the matrix is 2 metals layered
- handle - the handle is metal with an ornate pietra dura hard stone mosaic inscribed with Karlsbad on one side

You can find this crest listed in Fairbanks Crests, plate 100, crest 2.

This was the crest and motto for many Hamilton's throughout Scotland and some from Wales.

One legend has it that in 1325 Gilbert de Hamilton killed a man he did not agree with and then he and his attendant fled the scene.  He entered a forest in Scotland and realized he was close to being captured so he and his attendant changed clothes with some woodcutters and with a frame saw began felling an oak tree.  As his enemies closed in his attendant looked so nervous that Hamilton yelled "THROUGH" in hopes of distracting the attention from his nervous attendant.  THROUGH is the traditional woodcutters exclamation, used the same way TIMBER is yelled in North America.  In celebration of the escape the oak tree and a frame saw became the Hamilton coat of arms and THROUGH became their motto. 

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