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Silvered bronze bust seal stamp woman knight armorial crest XIX

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E60 222

Saling price :
360,00 €

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450,00 €

-20%

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Seal or stamp * silvered bronze representing the bust of a young woman draped in antique, with a coat of arms surmounted by a knight's helmet forming arms, vintage late nineteenth century.

This seal is in good condition.

A note: micro-scratches and slight wear of time, see photos.

* Stamp:

Collectible whose oldest examples date back 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 ...

** 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 sceau 2,5 cm
  • Height 8 cm
  • Width 4,2 cm