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* Seal or stamp of finely chiseled silver (punched see pictures), bone handle (beef) carved, of XIXth century.
This seal is in good condition. The punch is worn (maybe a boar's head?). He has no monogram.
A note: slight wear and small slits on the stick, wear time, see pictures.
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* Stamp: collectible, the oldest copies date from four millennia BCE. The seal was first used for affixing the personal stamp of a character to ensure the contents of a box or envelope, the authenticity of a document. It also also used the term seal. The little personal touch is indeed used in Europe since the Middle Ages. It can be an intaglio ring mounted a hard stone, or a gold kitten etched intaglio (signet are something else!). But there are many more-fitted seals, made of a hard stone engraved intaglio: carnelian, garnet, sapphire, rock crystal, agate; some are even ancient intaglios. These little pills are sometimes jewelry that is dangling from a chain or the lady; such as boxes, it is often a gift item. These fees vary in size: one is in the tiny embedded in beautiful frames of chased gold, other 1.5 to 2cm in diameter mounted on a handful of gold, of pomponne, chased silver, nacre, hard stone, wood ...
