[Jewelry making - Article 00051] - Re: [Orchid] Family Crest - Wax Seal

[Rex and Gabrielle Merten]

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    Hi Jeff, I do a lot of family crest engraving in metal signet rings
    and (mostly) carve them in the negative or mirror image so that they
    can be used as seals. Clients will have their coat of arms or family
    crest on a bookplate or have a copy of some sort which I then scale
    down to size and reverse into a negative. This is then carved into
    the signet ring or seal fob. 

    The composition of the client's wax impression is more than likely a
    shellac-based mixture if it is old. Sealing waxes used to come in a
    variety of "hardnesses" like our solders. The harder it was, the
    higher the melting point. 

    The way you propose to reproduce the seal will be quite successful
    providing, of course, that you get a good clean burn-out. You will
    lose a little detail, but you can always touch that up in the metal. 

    Ideally it would be best if you could get hold of the original ring
    or fob that made the impression in the first place. You will get a
    much better impression from the original pressed into a contemporary
    high definition casting wax. Lotsaluck. Rex Steele Merten  

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