If payment is not made within the agreed time frame, we will try to work with you to agree a solution, but reserve the right to refund your money (bar the deposit) and re-list the item Please contact us directly to discuss further. An agate seal with a yew tree crest above the initials TJ rendered in gothic script. Items are shipped once payment is completed. Auction Buy It Now 3,900 + results for intaglio seal Save this search Shipping to: 98837 Shop on eBay Brand New 20.00 or Best Offer Sponsored Antique Wax Seal Austrian Cut Crystal Intaglio Art Nouveau Mistletoe Pattern Pre-Owned 675.00 Buy It Now +11. Please note, items bought on layaway are returnable, but the deposit is non refundable. Payment is then made over the following weeks and the final payment must be made by the agreed end date. Paypal invoice allows you to pay a partial payment whenever is convenient for you.Ī 20% up front, non refundable, deposit is required to hold the item, and this counts towards the item total. Dating to the early years of the 20th century and set in low rise fashion with an oval Bloodstone (Heliotrope) with a carved intaglio of what we believe to. We do not charge interest for instalment payments. We usually offer a paypal invoice over the period of 3 months, but can happily extend to 6 months if needed. We try to be as flexible as possible, so if you tell us what you need, we will agree the layaway terms on a case by case basis with you. Paypal is most popular or via bank transfer. Yes! We have different ways of doing layaways. They are the most delightful miniature works of art. They can, of course, still be used for this today - as well as be worn on a fine gold chain around the neck or wrist. Beautiful signe intaglio d from the early 1900s in brown wood with head in brass. Seals were used in the past for sealing letters or important documents. In Virgil’s Aeneid, for instance, the main character holds an olive branch to offer peace, and in other texts there are records of Roman generals holding up an olive branch to ask for peace after being defeated in battle. The olive also appears in many ancient texts in relation with peace. The dove also appears in the New Testament and in Christian art as a symbol of the Holy Spirit of God, the innocence of Mary, and as a messenger from God. After the Flood, Noah released a dove from his ship and when it came back, it was holding an olive branch in its beak, showing that there was land again. It comes from the Old Testament story of Noah’s ark. It is also the bird associated with Venus, the Goddess of Love.Ī dove with an olive branch is a symbol of peace. They are most the easily tamed birds and the white dove has been a symbol of peace, innocence and love since Ancient Egypt. It has engraved in 'PAIX' which translates as 'peace' in French.ĭoves have many meanings associated with them. Buy It Now Price: 284.75 (price as of 2016 item no longer available). Before the fifth century B.C.E., Hermes was usually depicted as a bearded man. Since the gold and carnelian ring in the JHUAM was most likely worn by a young child, it probably did not serve this purpose and was meant, instead, as a form of identification and protective amulet. The top of the seal is in the form of a cherub. It is cut on a lapis lazuli gemstone, an unusual material for this. Antique Georgian Period 14K Gold Solid Agate Intaglio Seal Fob Adriana Maria. Intaglio gems were regularly used as signet rings. Early Georgian Seal with a Cherub Motif and an interesting intaglio. The Latin legend around the seal offers the advice: 'place your letter under a secret seal'.A wonderful Georgian seal with an intaglio of a dove with an olive branch in its beak on a carnelian stone. This is a rare and unusual medieval intaglio seal, dating to the 13th - 14th centuries.
The high quality intaglio represents Antoninus Pius who reigned as Roman emperor from AD 138-161. Text from 'Good Impressions: Image and Authority in Medieval Seals', ed. also a glass paste in the Martin-Von-Wagner Museum, Wurzburg). Traces of an additional element, perhaps a cloak, appear on the left shoulder.Ĭomparisons with coin portraits make it clear beyond doubt that the subject is Antoninus Pius the lank strands of hair combed forward from the back of the crown, the arrangement of the locks above the forehead, and the beard are all very closely based on his official portrait type (cf. In typical mid-century fashion, the portrait includes the shoulder and uppermost part of the chest. sard intaglio of Emperor Hadrian BM Cat.Gems no.1999). This type of representation is well established in first and second century imperial iconography (e.g. He wears a laurel wreath as sign of office from which two long fillets fall down onto his back. The Emperor is shown in profile from the right. Curator's comments Antoninus Pius reigned AD 138-161.
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