This listing is for one extremely rare antique French Palais Royal wax seal set in a red moroccan red box. A multi wax seal set made by Brasseux Aine, engraver of king Charles X, dating to the 1800's. Organized boxed compartment with numbered 50 brass disc matrices and the lid containing the imagery for each. This set is complete. The seals are left in "un-clean original condition", so could use a polish. The reverse of each seal has a threaded hole that the wax seal handle can screw into. The metal part of the wooden black handle comes off, but can be easily secured with a bit of tissue to hold it in place without marring it.
This seal was produced by Hippolyte Brasseux, engraver of King Charles X, who set up his shop at 17 Passage des Panoramas in 1826, until 1863.
This antique wax seal set originates from Paris, France.
Written on the inside of the box lid, below the emblem images:
Cachet a 50 Devises,
3me COLLECTION
Par breves d'invention, d'perfectionnemeur_et_d'addition.
á Paris chez BRASSEUX AINÉ, Graveur le du Roi
et de S.A.R. Mgr le Duc de Nemours,
Palais Royal, No 33, Galerie Richelieu.
A seal with 50 mottos, the 3rd collection. By patents of invention, improvement, and addition. In Paris, by Brasseux Ainé, Engraver to the King and His Royal Highness the Duke of Nemours, Palais Royal, No. 33, Galerie Richelieu.
The "Duc de Nemours" refers to Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, a member of the French royal family, and the "Galerie Richelieu" is a section of the Palais Royal in Paris, France, built for Cardinal Richelieu back in 1639.
Note:
* 50 brass seal disc designs
* size of the seal brass discs: each about 13mm across
* size of compartment box (in closed position): 135mm x 162mm (5 5/16" x 6 6/16")
* see images
* in used condition as expected considering age
******* This complete wax seal set is sold AS IS, no refunds nor returns. ********
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