Abolition of Slavery interest: A late 18th century gilt metal and cornelian seal, intaglio carved with a kneeling enslaved man in shackles and motto 'Am I not a man and a brother?', after a design by William Hackwood for Josiah Wedgwood, which was adopted as the seal for the London Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1787, 3.9cm high.

Provenance: given by Vivien Leigh to Sir Anthony Quayle, on the opening night performance of Royal Shakespeare Company production of Titus Andronicus, 1955, thence by descent. The details of this gift are recorded in the book 'The Art of Giving' by Stuart E. Jacobson, a copy of which accompanies this lot.