Wax Seal Monogram. Personalized Inscribed Jewelry. Custom Order
Our wax seal monogram pendants are hand made to order and invoke a romantic sense of the past. Please include a note regarding which initial you would like. Each piece is unique and one of a kind, made especially for you. Rustic, antiqued and romantic. The pendants are approximately 1 inch in size and made of the reclaimed bronze. They come on an oxidized 18" sterling silver chain. Initials come letters A through Z in capital form.
Eco-friendly !
They make an excellent gift for your bridesmaids, flower girls, mothers, grandmothers, graduates and friends .
Please allow up to 7 working days for the creation of your custom pendant before we can ship it to you.
Necklace measures approximately 18 " (46 centimeters) and falls to the collarbone, meaning that you can comfortably wear it the whole day directly against your skin.
All items will come in a pretty gift box and bow, perfect for gift giving or giving the perfect gift to yourself!
Thank you for supporting Handmade!
xo
Renata and Jonathan
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Historically, the majority of seals were circular in design, although ovals, triangles, shield-shapes and other patterns are also known. The design generally comprised a graphic emblem (sometimes, but not always, incorporating heraldic devices), surrounded by a text (the legend) running around the perimeter. The legend most often consisted merely of the words "The seal of
[the name of the owner]", either in Latin or in the local vernacular language: the Latin word Sigillum was frequently abbreviated to a simple S:. Occasionally, the legend took the form of a
motto.
In the Middle Ages it became customary for the seals of women and of ecclesiastics to be given a vesica (pointed oval) shape. The central emblem was often a standing figure of the owner, or (in the case of ecclesiastical seals) of a saint.
Sealing wax was naturally yellowish or pale brownish in tone, but could also be artificially coloured red or green (with many intermediary variations). In some medieval royal chanceries, different colours of wax were customarily used for different functions or departments of state.
The matrices for pendent seals were sometimes accompanied by a smaller counter-seal, which would be used to impress a small emblem on the reverse of the impression. In some cases the seal and counter-seal would be kept by two different individuals, in order to provide an element of double-checking to the process of authentication. Sometimes, a large official seal, which might be in the custody of chancery officials, would need to be counter-sealed by the individual in whose name it had been applied (the monarch, or the mayor of a town): such a counter-seal might take the form of a signet-ring, and so would be necessarily smaller. Other pendent seals were double-sided, with elaborate and equally-sized obverses and reverses. The impression would be formed by pressing a "sandwich" of matrices and wax firmly together by means of rollers or, later, a lever-press or a screw press. Certain medieval seals were more complex still, involving two levels of impression on each side of the wax which would be used to create a scene of three-dimensional depth.
Seal matrices would frequently be handed down from father to son, and so the son would effectively inherit the symbols used by his father. It is generally agreed that this custom was a significant factor in the emergence of hereditary heraldry in western Europe in the 12th century.
Source : Wikipedia
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