Introduction : Indices: stories: unidentifIed seals
introduction
We begin with the Riddell brothers’ own indexes and arrangement. For the modern A-Z indices of the seals, please scroll down to the “Modern Seals A-Z Index“.
According to the indexes they created for their collection of wax seals, the Riddell brothers kept the seals on cards within a box. We do not know what form the box took – whether for instance it was intended for display or for ease of reference. However, we do know that the cards were kept in a numerical order and individual seals made discoverable via an alphabetical index. An additional index listed the seals in pure numerical order.
Here we attempt to reconstruct the original user experience of the seals box and its accompanying indexes. The cards themselves are presented in number order, identifiable by the original Riddell number on each card where present. The final cards are unnumbered, as is the solitary example of a Burgess Ticket with its accompanying seal.
We follow the cards with the Riddell alphabetical index and numerical index. Please note that not all of the original Riddell cards have survived and that therefore gaps exist in the card box as it exists today.
The Riddell Card Box
The Riddell Seals Alphabetical Index
The Riddell seals Numerical Index
Modern seals a-z index
The Riddell Seals Index lists the Collection’s surviving seals under the first letter of the name of the seal holder. Within each A-Z letter, the seals are ordered by the original Riddell Seals Collection card number. The following names are present under each letter:
Seals Index A
- Aynsley
- Arbuthnott
- Admiralty
- Arbuthnot
- Aitchison
- Armstrong
- Aytoun
- Adjutant General
- Alington
- Agnew
- Arbuthnot
Seals Index B
- Burnett
- Buchanan
- Boucher
- Baillie
- Boyd
- Bamberg
- Boswell
- Buccleuch
- Bentinck
- Borthwick
- Bell
- Blair
- Burn
- Buchanan
- Buckby
- Baillie
- Belsches
- Baird
- Brodie
- Bannatyne
Seals Index C
- Cunningham
- Clavering
- Cowan
- Cumming
- Campbell
- Cornwallis
- Cheyne
- Cromwell
- Cadell
- Colquhoun
- Cathcart
- Chalmers
- Clark
- Campbell
- Connell
- Close
- Craig
- Carmichael
- Crichton
- Campbell
- Campbell
- Crown Agent (for Edinburgh)
- College of Arms (Dublin)
Seals Index D
- Douglas
- Duncan
- Dunlop
- Durham
- Douglas
- Duncan
- Donald
- Dennistoun
- Dunlop
- Darnley
- Darnley
Seals Index E
- Elphinstone
- Errol
- Erskine
- Elphinstone
- Elliot
Seals Index F
- Finlay
- Foulis
- Ferguson
- Forester
- Fane
- Findlay
- Findlay
- Floyer
- Francis I (Emperor of Austria)
- Ferdinand III (Grand Duke of Tuscany)
- Fenwicke
- Ferguson
- Forbes
- West Friesland (coin)
Seals Index G
- Graham
- Glassford
- Glassford
- Glassford
- Gordon
- Glassford
- Glassford
- Glassford
- Gordon
- Graham
- Glasgow (City of)
- Glendonning
- Glassford
- Gordon
- Gunning
- Gordon
- Genoa (Republic of)
- Geddes
- Gray
- Glasgow (Earl of)
- Graham
Seals Index H
- Home
- Hamilton
- Hume (Seal with detail)
- Hopkirk
- Hing
- Henderson
- Hay
- Hunter
- Hall
- Hohenzollern (Prince of)
- Henderson
- Henderson
- Hamilton
- Hay
- Houston
- Hill
- Hozier
- Hope
Seals Index I
- Innes
Seals Index J
- Johnston (Jardine)
- Jenkyns
Seals Index K
- Kennedy
- “K” (Count of)
- “JK” (Unidentified)
- Keith
- Kinsale
- Ker
Seals Index L
- Lindsay
- Lesly
- Lennox
- Leith (Town of)
- Livingstone
- Leopold II (Holy Roman Emperor)
- Laurie
Seals Index M
- Montrose
- Macdonald
- Montrose
- Murray
- Murray
- Mackenzie
- McQuinn
- Macintosh
- Muir-Mackenzie
- Montgomery
- Murphy
- McCall (MacAulay)
- Monro
- Menzies
- McDowall
- Moody
- MacGregor Murray
- Moncreiff
- Murray
- Miller
- Murdoch
- MacLeod
- Munro
- Maitland
- Macintosh
- Maxwell
Seals Index N
- Nisbet
- Napier
- Naysmith
- Northumberland
- Napier
- Napier
- Napier
- Newton
Seals Index O
- Ogilvy
- Oswald
- Orange
Seals Index P
- Preston
- Preston
- Post Office (Secretary of)
- Pierson
- Peterborough
- Privy Council (Seal of)
Seals Index R
- Riddell
- Riddell
- Riddell
- Riddell
- Riddell
- Ross
- Robertson
- Richardson
- Ross
- Rae
- Riddell
- Riddell
- Riddell
- Riddell
- Robertson
- Riddell
- Riddell
- Ramsbottam
- Robertson
Seals Index S
- Scott
- Smith
- Simpson
- Spencer
- Sinclair (of Ulbster)
- Surveyor General of Lands & Revenue
- Sinclair
- Sinclair
- Sinclair
- Stirling
- Sandilands
- Scott
- Steuart
- Shaw
- Sikes
- Skene
- Sandford
- Stirling
- Simpson
- Sykes
- Steuart
- Steuart
Seals Index T
- Treasury (Seal of the)
- Traquair
- Traill
- Thomson
- Maria Theresa (Empress of Germany)
- Taunton (Seal of)
- Taunton (Seal of)
- Taunton (Seal of)
Seals Index V
- Vans Agnew
- Vans Agnew
Seals Index W
- Wauchope
- Wallace
- Williamson
- Windischgratz (Prince of)
- Walsingham
- Ward
- Wilkie
Seals Index Y
- Yuille
- Young
- Yates