Wax Seal Redux

[romeo-1]

I made a wax impression with the wax seal I found last weekend...she's a beauty!

 

[SandFiddler]

Simply beautiful! Do you know anything about its history?

 

[romeo-1]

Simply beautiful! Do you know anything about its history?

Only that it probably dates to the late 1700s to the early 1800s...

 

[Don in SJ]

Really neat making the impression of the wax seal, I would have done that right away using silly putty. LOL, Looks like Britannia on the anchor, I am not sure but I think that is to symbolize British Naval power. So perhaps an Naval stamp?

Don

 

[romeo-1]

Really neat making the impression of the wax seal, I would have done that right away using silly putty. LOL, Looks like Britannia on the anchor, I am not sure but I think that is to symbolize British Naval power. So perhaps an Naval stamp?

Don

Yep...it's Brittania holding the anchor...Silly Putty...never thought of that...

 

[Don in SJ]

I have one of those Silly Putty eggs stored with all my cleaning stuff, does come in hand for helping IDing different relics and even coins sometimes, and used it for photoographing buttons by sticking the button if the shaft is intact, into a small amount of Silly Putty to get the head on shot of the button. Also, Silly Putty is reuseable. My Grandson keeps trying to take mine, but so far I have prevailed!

Don

 

[Iron Patch]

I have one of those Silly Putty eggs stored with all my cleaning stuff, does come in hand for helping IDing different relics and even coins sometimes, and used it for photoographing buttons by sticking the button if the shaft is intact, into a small amount of Silly Putty to get the head on shot of the button. Also, Silly Putty is reuseable. My Grandson keeps trying to take mine, but so far I have prevailed!

Don

... jello don't work.

 

[dex378]

Very cool!

 

[49er]

Very nice wax seal and pattern. Would like to know about your find. Do you any other photographs of seal you can post. Keep up the great digs...

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

After all these years it's still in great working condition. Congratulations and keep up the good work.
Chris

 

[treasurefiend]

That is COOL!!!

 

[kdismuke1]

That is nice.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Really neat making the impression of the wax seal, I would have done that right away using silly putty. LOL, Looks like Britannia on the anchor, I am not sure but I think that is to symbolize British Naval power. So perhaps an Naval stamp?

Don

Yep...it's Brittania holding the anchor...Silly Putty...never thought of that...

I like the wax. It'll look great displayed with the seal.

Seals are Great finds. It's nice to see the results of her test run.

 

[Don in SJ]

Really neat making the impression of the wax seal, I would have done that right away using silly putty. LOL, Looks like Britannia on the anchor, I am not sure but I think that is to symbolize British Naval power. So perhaps an Naval stamp?

Don

Yep...it's Brittania holding the anchor...Silly Putty...never thought of that...

I like the wax. It'll look great displayed with the seal.

Seals are Great finds. It's nice to see the results of her test run.

LOL, I agree I like the wax also, but using silly putty to quickly ID the item is what I really am talking about, the wax he used is great and can be kept I suppose as part of the display with the seal itself.....

Don

 

[Hardy]

JUST SIMPLY FANTASTIC, THINK OF ALL THE YEARS SHE WAS HIDDEN AWAY UNTIL HER ROMEO BRAUGHT HER OUT FOR ALL TO SEE GOOD JOB BUD!

 

[trikikiwi]

I collect seals. So far I have one
Your seal is beautiful.
Imagine receiving mail from someone and you already know who it's from, from the wax seal they have used 8)
The very first anti-spam system

Mike

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Beautiful seal, very nice! Seal matrices are one of my favorite finds, they are very unique and personable. Congrats and HH, Mike

 

[t-bucket]

WTG that is so cool !!!!!

 

[Iron Patch]

ah Romeo... bad news bud. The field just called me, says it seen the post and decided it wanted to keep the seal for another 180 years or so.

Sorry dude but you'll have to mail it back to me.

 

[PBK]

A number of 18th and early 19th century tokens and medals depicted Hope in a similar pose, leaning on an anchor as shown below. Perhaps the figure depicted here is a personification of Hope as well.

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Chelsea Halfpenny​