Collection of early nineteenth-century red and black wax seals, mostly displayed on leaves of vellum paper, and presented in a wooden box, said to have been collected by Mary Ann Levin Smith, mother of Sir Archibald Levin Smith, Master of the Rolls.

The collection of 307 seals is in fair condition, with only a handful showing signs of loss. As with bookplates, the designs range from armorial to classical. Among the few carrying English texts, are the seal of the 'ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE ROYAL ARTILLERY D', the great seal of the Borough of Marlborough ('SIGILLUM MAJORIS BURGI DE MARLEBERG'), the seal of the 'ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE', the 'OFFICE FOR TAXES', the 'YEOMANRY OFFICE', and 'THE PATRON OF EDUCATION AND THE FRIEND OF THE POOR'. In original boxwood box, approximately 26 x 18 x 6 cm, worn and aged with lock but no key. Pencilled on the inside of the lid are the words 'Collected by Mary Ann Levin married Francis Smith parents of Archibald Levin Smith Master of The Rolls 1901 Collected from about 1800. (467)'. The majority of the impressions of seals are mounted on one side each of six leaves of vellum paper, each 25 x 16 cm. Each leaf carries two pieces of blue ribbon at the sides for ease of removal. The six leaves are place on top of each other, with the top leaf carrying 45 seals in black wax, and the other five leaves carrying a total of 187 seals in red wax (four seals are missing from two of the leaves). Gathered together loosely in the base of the box are a further 120 seals (118 in red wax and two in black), several of them bearing small fragments of the documents from which they have been cut.