Is this a great seal?

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by hunt2, Mar 26, 2024.

  1. hunt2

    hunt2 Well-Known Member

    31.png 30.png Does anyone know if this is a great seal or just a commemorative seal. On one side it has the arms of emperor Josef II and reads in french :Communicated by M.a Dutrieux. Patent of appointment of Mr. Beving to the functions of alderman of justice of Grevenmacher. And on the other side it is emperor josef II on the throne. it measures 12,3 cm wide and it probably made of pipeclay. Via google photo search you will only find the site where i bought it from. And i am not sure if the seller's discription is accurate.
     
  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Looks like a decorative item to me.
     
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  3. mmarco102

    mmarco102 Well-Known Member

  4. hunt2

    hunt2 Well-Known Member

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  5. mmarco102

    mmarco102 Well-Known Member

    Seeing it’s a 19th C item, would lead me to believe it commemorative. Great seals are generally inscribed with the establishment of the emperorship/nation. He appears to have been very busy in 1788, withdrawing from Barvaria(Germany) which lead to Germany's current state, and fighting the Hadsburg-Ottoman War along side Russia.
     
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  6. hunt2

    hunt2 Well-Known Member

    i have found out by translation of the french tekst that it is a designation patent seal made in order of emperor Jozef II
     
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