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* Seal or stamp of finely chiseled silver (stamped boar's head and punch goldsmith) and engraved monogrammed, bone handle (beef) carved, of XIXth century.
This seal is in good condition. The goldsmith punch is worn.
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 ...
