You really have to hand it to the Victorians...

Oooh, this looks rather handy.

Cordial apologies, first up, for the less-than-astounding quality of the image above. However, we must bare with what we have. And what exactly, then, DO we have? Daguerreian Dandy, sitting here in that spiffy brown checkered day suit we gazed upon not a moment ago, has not settled on a date for this charmer of an object. If I simply had to hazard a guess, if Dandy's stash of fresh tobacco and collection of naughty meerschaum pipes were on the line, I'd say perhaps 1850's, maybe 60's. Nevertheless, Dandy could be way out and it may in fact be a tribute to a bygone era. 

Enough babbling. What is it then, young dandies? Made of wood and whale ivory (no eyebrows raised back in them days) it is in fact a wax seal. I do wonder of it's origin too. A capital choice for the off-centre Victorian, yes.