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Seal or stamp * silvered bronze depicting a beautiful angel or cherub head down and hands behind his back, chased a small initials or monogram, vintage late nineteenth century.
This seal is in good condition.
A note: slight traces of oxidation, desilvering tiny, light wear of time, see photos.
Collection object whose oldest examples date back four millennia BC. The seal was first used for affixing the personal stamp of 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. This may be a ring mounted to a hard stone intaglio, or a gold bezel engraved hollow (the signet rings are something else!). But many more are-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: it is tiny in embedded on pretty mounts chased gold, other 1.5 to 2cm in diameter mounted on a handful of gold, of primping, chased silver, nacre, hard stone, wood ...
