Product Description:
This is part of an incredible collection we discovered in France. Each page has a grouping of hand-laid seals which were once adhered to important family documents, such as property and marriage contracts. Each grouping also represents a different part of the world. Most regions represented are French, but we also have sheets for Germany, England, Russia, Belgium, Spain and Portugal in the collection.
The collection was found within a small box, along with a hand-written booklet detailing the significance behind the symbols within each seal.
We believe this labor of love was created between 1910 and 1920, though it should be noted that the seals themselves are much older --some date back to the 1500s.
At the top of each sheet is the name of the region represented, and beneath each seal, the name of the family that used it. For some of these families, historical information has also been documented in the booklet we have.
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