Wax Seal Personalized Monogram Silver Necklace. Custom Initial Letter. Vintage Inspired Fine Silver Artisan Jewelry

Fine Silver Wax Seal Personalized Monogram Pendant . Any Letter. Wax Seal Initial Necklace. Great Bridesmaid's Gift

These wax seal monogram pendants are hand made to order from pure fine silver and invoke a romantic sense of the past.

Each piece is unique and one of a kind, made especially for you. Rustic, antiqued and romantic. The pendants are approximately 3/4 of inch to 1 inch in size and come on an oxidized 18" sterling silver chain.

Eco-friendly !

Pendants are oxidized for the antiqued look and polished for a long time to allow your initial design to reveal the wonderful surface textures.

Necklace measures approximately 18 " (46 centimeters) and falls to the collarbone, meaning that you can comfortably wear it the whole day directly against the skin.

Initials come letters A through Z in capital form. Please allow up to 7 business days for the creation of your custom pendant before we can ship it to you.
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Materials: Pendant is 99.99% pure silver (.999FS) and is hallmarked on the back. Ring and chain is sterling silver.

Please notice : The difference between "fine" silver and "sterling" silver is that fine silver is 99.9% pure silver. Sterling is only 92.5% silver with the remaining 7.5% being composed of other metals, usually copper. They look the same, wear & polish the same, but fine silver is more "pure" and is, therefore, more costly and often considered more desirable than sterling.

All items will come in a pretty gift box and bow, perfect for gift giving or giving the perfect gift to yourself!


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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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Birthstone Monogram Letter Wax Seal Necklaces :

https://www.etsy.com/listing/115052540/birthstone-personalized-monogram-wax?ref=pr_shop

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Set of four:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/108677558/bridesmaid-gift-set-of-four-personalized?ref=v1_other_1

Set of five:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/108783307/bridesmaid-gift-set-of-five-silver?ga_search_query=bridesmaid%2Bset

Set of six:

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