Letter Wax Seal Stamp Antler Handle?

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  1. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    I have this letter wax seal stamp - would the handle be antler? I can see grain lines. Has mother of pearl button on the end and where it is joined together. I can't make out the letters. 3 3/4" in length.
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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    C M?
    Maybe M C as it looks like the M may be more to the 'front'.
     
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  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    the handle looks more like horn than antler...
     
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  4. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Remember that the monogram will be reversed when applied. I see a D, an M and an A.
     
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  5. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    Ack, horn is what I was thinking (as I bang my head on the counter) - Saturday and my brain is slowing down. Thanks komokwa
    Here is a better photo of the letters.
    Bakers I forgot they would be reversed. DMA & C is what I see now.
    Thank-you all!:)
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  6. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Could it then be D W G C?
     
  7. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    If the M becomes a W, what do you make of the A, Milt? Is that your G?
     
  8. Ladybranch

    Ladybranch Well-Known Member

    Hmmmm...., I've been trying to figure this out. Would the seal be flipped left to right from what it would print? At first I thought it might be flipped left to right and flipped topped to bottom. Believe it would not be flipped topped to bottom, only flipped left to right. Following is a pic of the seal flipped left to right.

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    I think I see a DMC with a scored top letter that I haven't a clue. Wellll, that wasn't any help. :oops:

    --- Susan
     
  9. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    I can't make out anything for the hatched figure, almost looks like it is supposed to be a picture of something made of bricks (aqueduct, tunnel, furnace?), or maybe the hatching indicates it is based on a different alphabet, Greek or whatever. Vewwy stwange!
     
  10. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    Does this help? The image on the right seems correct to me, with the hatched letter as an "A."

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  11. kentworld

    kentworld Well-Known Member

    Wondering if it's D MacL?
     
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  12. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    Oh, that works - good call Wendy!
     
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