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Antique bronze stamp seal monogram crest coat seal eighteenth century

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E60 283

Saling price :
145,00 €

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Seal or stamp * bronze with a coat of arms with a shield made of a monogram and surrounded by floral garlands, antique eighteenth century.

This seal is in good condition. It has no handle.

A note: soiling and wear of time on the seal, see photos.

We offer for sale a large number of seals from the same collection on this site.

* Stamp:

Collection object whose oldest examples date back four millennia BC. 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 in a hard stone, or a gold kitten engraved hollow (the signet rings 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 chatelaine; 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 primping, chased silver, nacre, hard stone, wood ...

** Arms: in terms of heraldry and collectibles, rather they say "weapons". For an object being emblazoned is a quality that can be a source of a slight gain. A coat of arms surmounted by a crown of count or marquis, always flatters the vanity of its owner. The presence of weapons is often a sign of quality and allows to establish the provenance of an object, however, provided to engage in a heraldic research. (See Larousse antiques and flea market).

Data sheet

  • Diamètre trou manche 1,4 cm
  • Dimensions 2 cm x 2,5 cm