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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9813094, member: 5833"]Vice Admiral Howe; King Charles V, signed by Brown (Charles or William), possibly part of a series of the kings of France; Pope Urban VII; Roman emperor Augustus (I think); Hercules; and what looks to me like a tavern scene.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last on the list certainly looks knocked around enough to have been actively used as a seal. Others may have been higher end collector's pieces, for people who could afford something more than plaster or sulfer. They are all molded & do not pretend otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dates for Howe & Urban would tell you the oldest those 2 pieces could be. The image of Hercules is ancient; this is a repro. The fad for collecting impressions & reproductions got a big push when Catherine the Great commissioned a set in colored glass from James Tassie.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9813094, member: 5833"]Vice Admiral Howe; King Charles V, signed by Brown (Charles or William), possibly part of a series of the kings of France; Pope Urban VII; Roman emperor Augustus (I think); Hercules; and what looks to me like a tavern scene. The last on the list certainly looks knocked around enough to have been actively used as a seal. Others may have been higher end collector's pieces, for people who could afford something more than plaster or sulfer. They are all molded & do not pretend otherwise. Dates for Howe & Urban would tell you the oldest those 2 pieces could be. The image of Hercules is ancient; this is a repro. The fad for collecting impressions & reproductions got a big push when Catherine the Great commissioned a set in colored glass from James Tassie.[/QUOTE]
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