antique 19th C Wax Seal / Wafer Stamp Tool, royal monogram King George V Hanover

Description: code: 2024-DV an antique, 19th C. Wafer seal tool / stamp,made of carved mother-of-pearl, with a white metal stamp part that has a crossed hatched design / hob-nail pattern,on top personalized with an engraved crowned monogram, belonging toKing George V of Hanover / König Georg V von HannoverGeorg V Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August, aka Welf / Guelph (1819-1878) the last king of Hanover, reigning from 18 November 1851 to 20 September 1866,married in 1843 with Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818-1907)condition: stable and firm, signs of age and use, no chips, no cracks, on the metal part some stainsheight: circa 8 cm / circa 3.1 inchweight circa 31gr. About wafer seals:methods for sealing letters proliferated over the course of the later 19th century, including embossed and decorated gummed labels or stickers, often called wafers. A common wafer was very simple: a thin disk of dry paste that becomes sticky when wet. To use a wafer, a letter writer folded up the paper as usual. Then the writer took a wafer from his or her writing desk or the “wafer box”. After licking it well, the writer stuck the wafer to the letter and folded the flap closed. While the wafer was still moist, a cross-hatched tool was often pressed into the paper to help it bite into the softened paste. The waffled seal impressed a distinctive pattern of little points or diamonds in the paper, also known as “hob-nail” pattern. Sealing wax was daubed across the flap of the letter, while the common wafer was slipped under the flap. Later envelopes got the gum already in place, you only need to lick and it can be closed. world wide shipping: - this item will be shipped as a package - you will be ordering registrated shipment provided by PostNL from The Netherlands, EU- this will be according to the PostNL conditions and destinations - shipment out of the EU will be under Incoterm DAP and HS-code 9706 we are: delta 98 den haag The Hague, The Netherlands, EU registrated at: Chambers of Commerce in The Netherlands / KvK Haaglanden: file 27133335

Price: 490 USD

Location: 's-Gravenhage

End Time: 2024-11-28T11:45:42.000Z

Shipping Cost: 49 USD