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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 1704924, member: 56&quot;]I sure hope it turns out to be the real deal.&nbsp; I think those large seals are uncommon.</p><p><br /></p><p>On some documents the seal would be protected in a silver box called a skippet.&nbsp; The Elizabethan period apparently predates sealing waxes involving shellac.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an excerpt from a book on silver boxes recently mentioned in another thread:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]236775[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that this refers to wax used to seal letters - not appended seals as with your item.&nbsp; For all I know, a seal like yours might have been made from a different material entirely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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