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Gilded Bronze Letter Opener and Seal of a Knight with Banner
Located in London, GB
A very fine and unusual gilt bronze letter opener and seal depicting a medieval knight in armour
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1880s French Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Letter Opener and Seal, in Yellow Metal
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
A refined letter opener and seal set, crafted from yellow metal. Both pieces are beautifully
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Late 19th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Metal

Antique Letter Opener and Seal, in Yellow Metal
Letter Opener and Seal, in Yellow Metal
H 9.06 in W 0.79 in D 0.79 in
Bronze Art Nouveau Nude Women Letter Wax Seal Stamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian bronze Art Nouveau nude women letter Wax seal stamp unused and never monogrammed
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Late 19th Century American Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Shy Nude Women Art Nouveau Letter Wax Seal Stamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian Bronze Shy Nude Women Art Nouveau Letter Wax Seal Stamp unused and never monogrammed
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Late 19th Century Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Female Nymph Art Nouveau Letter Wax Seal Stamp, France, 1900
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian bronze female nymph Art Nouveau letter wax seal stamp unused and never monogrammed
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Early 1900s French Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Letter Wax Seal Stamp Featuring Nude Bathing Women Art Nouveau
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian bronze nude bathing women Art Nouveau letter wax seal stamp unused and never
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1890s French Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Antique Art Nouveau Silver Inkwell, Letter Opener, Dip Pen and Seal Set, in Box
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1900s travel set or desktop accessories inkwell, dip pen, letter opener and seal
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Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Crystal, Silver

Seal Silver Coat of Arms 17 Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
There is no letter date demonstrating that this seal was made before 1697 when the letter date
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17th Century English Baroque Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Silver, Britannia Standard Silver

Early 19th c. Porcelain Phrenology Stamp/Pipe Stamper c.1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT ​A 19th-century English porcelain letter seal in the form of a phrenological head. ​The
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Early 19th Century Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Gold, Brass

Dutch 18th Century Fob seal with coat of arms
Located in Delft, NL
lacquer seal/signet to seal a letter or deed Signets are wax stamps, also called cachet or hand seal The
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18th Century Dutch Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Silver

Dutch 18th Century Fob seal with coat of arms
Located in Delft, NL
seal a letter or deed. Signets are wax stamps, also called cachet or hand seal. The measurement of the
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18th Century Dutch Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Silver

Dutch 18th Century Fob seal with coat of arms
Located in Delft, NL
arms. A lacquer seal/signet to seal a letter or deed. Signets are wax stamps, also called cachet or
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18th Century Dutch Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Silver

Gold Étui in Original Case
Located in New Orleans, LA
documents. At the étui's base is an intricately carved wax seal, allowing one to conveniently seal their
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Gold

Gold Étui in Original Case
Gold Étui in Original Case
H 4.75 in W 0.75 in D 0.63 in
Playing Cats or Kittens, Gilded Bronze Desk Set, c.1890
Located in Bath, GB
consists of a pair of candlesticks, a pen tray, an inkwell, a seal and a letter opener. All pieces
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1890s British Late Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

News from the Front - 19th Century Oil Painting Royal Academy Exhibition 1849
By Frederick Goodall R.A.
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
woman and her boy now in all probability the widow and the fatherless, an open letter with a black seal
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Oil

Chalcedony and Gilded Bronze Desk Set from the Duke of St. Albans
Located in London, GB
A finely cased desk set in Chalcedony and the very finest gilt bronze. Made up of a letter opener
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1850s English Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

News of the War - Large 19th Century Oil Painting Royal Academy Exhibition 1849
By Frederick Goodall R.A.
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
woman and her boy now in all probability the widow and the fatherless, an open letter with a black seal
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Oil

18 Karat signet ring - Intaglio ring - 18 K solid gold gentleman ring - patina
Located in Antwerp, BE
in the ancient times to seal a letter or leave a signature since most people were illiterate, so a
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

19th Century German Baronship Document, Archduke Ludwig III of Hessen
Located in Vero Beach, FL
the use of the seal and coat-of-arms, which is described, in detail further on in this letter
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19th Century German Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Leather, Parchment Paper

Rare 19th Century "Yachting" Maritime Desk Set with Historic Monogram
Located in London, GB
candlesticks, a chamber stick, inkwell, bell, letter opener, personal wax seal, a stamp container, paperweight
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Late 19th Century English Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Silver Plate, Metal

19th Century Genre Scene Oil on Canvas Attributed to Thomas Webster
Located in Chicago, IL
two young boys spying inside of a sealed letter, careful not to break the seal. The scene is further
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Trompe L'oeil [untitled]. Homage... Ter Nagedachtenis van S. G. Wezel oud 76 Jar
Located in New York, NY
pigment. This montage of early 19th century ephemera depicts sheet music, scenic views, a sealed letter
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Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Conté, Watercolor, India Ink, Ink

19th Century English Victorian Rosewood Fire Screen
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
a sealed letter after Landseer. 1851. The parrots stand and chain are all in bead work. A print of
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Rosewood

Boxed Gilt Bronze Letter Opener and Seal by G A Chenus
By G. A. Chenus
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This boxed set of a letter opener and seal is made of gilt bronze and both pieces are signed by G A
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Superb Quality Five-Piece Gilt Metal Writing Set in the Empire Style
Located in Suffolk, GB
in original case. This highly decorative set consists of a glass inkwell, blotter, wax seal
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Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Metal

RCA Vintage Studio Microphone, Original, Iconic, circa 1930 as Display Sculpture
By RCA
Located in Dallas, TX
find! Guaranteed to perform and to be exactly as presented. A signed and sealed COA letter is
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Metal, Chrome

RCA Vintage Studio Microphone, Original, Iconic, circa 1930 as Display Sculpture
By RCA
Located in Dallas, TX
! Guaranteed to perform and to be exactly as presented. A signed and sealed COA letter is included. ~Like
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Metal, Chrome

RCA Vintage Studio Microphone, Original, Iconic, circa 1930 Display as Sculpture
By RCA
Located in Dallas, TX
! Guaranteed to perform and to be exactly as presented. A signed and sealed COA letter is included. “Like
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Antique bronze sculpture of a cat letter seal by Fremiet, Barbedienne foundry.
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Antwerp, BE
A gilt bronze letter seal in the shape of a sitting cat.
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Late 19th Century Romantic Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Late 19th Century Silver Desk Set, Letter Opener, Fountain Pen, Letter Seal
Located in Fayetteville, AR
set includes a letter opener, dip pen, and wax seal which is not monogrammed. The intricate Art
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Silver Plate

Shadow Box with a Collection of 18th Century English Wax Ring or Letter Seals
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful collection of over 100 Scottish and English wax ring or letter seals dating to the 18th
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19th Century British Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Glass, Wood

Claw and Feather Letter Opener
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Brass claw and feather letter opener or wax seal, wonderful crisp casting, France, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s French Antique Letter Seals

Claw and Feather Letter Opener
Claw and Feather Letter Opener
H 1.19 in W 9.45 in D 0.4 in
Art Deco gilt bronze desk set with parrots by L. Rigot.
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco gilt bronze desk set. ӬA letter opener and a letter seal with parrot in original case by
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Early 20th Century French Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Sapphire Intaglio Signet Ring
Located in London, GB
centralised stone ultimately providing weight and durability for the ring's original primary use as a letter
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Early 20th Century Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Stunning Royal Interest Wax Seal Letter Stamp for Quenington Victorian, 1880
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original wax seal stamp with royal interest for
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1880s English Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Bronze Letter Set
By Maurice Frecourt
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A gilt bronze letter set with stork motif, comprising of letter opener, tray and seal. In original
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Bronze Letter Set
Gilt Bronze Letter Set
H 1.58 in W 10.63 in D 8.67 in
Achille Devéria (1800-1859) The Stamped Letter, Original Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Achille Devéria (1800-1859) The sealed letter Black ink and heightenings of white gouache on
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1830s Academic Antique Letter Seals

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Ink, Gouache

Mid-18th-Century French School, Portrait Of A Gentleman With A Sealed Missive
Located in Cheltenham, GB
reference to confident leadership. In his left, a letter impressed with his wax seal. He’s a man of words
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1750s Academic Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Neoclassical Silverplate Writing Set Including Inkwell and Accessories
Located in New York, US
, ink blotter, pen, letter opener, candlestick and wax seal. Apparently unsigned. The inkwell has a
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Late 19th Century Neoclassical Revival Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Silver Plate

Victorian Rock Crystal Spinner Fob zGold Pendant
Located in Litchfield, CT
three faces, it would have been used to wax-seal a letter or note. It is inscribed "Ropendez Vite", or
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1870s Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Rock Crystal, 14k Gold

1883 Florentine Leather Table Top Documents Case with Pietra Dura Inlay
Located in New York, NY
composition, depicting an elegant ensemble of a pen, letter, matches, and an envelope seal embellished with a
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Stone

19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Distinguished Gentleman, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
letter with a wax seal. Is this a clue regarding the gentleman’s identity or activities? The portrait
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Early 19th Century English School Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gentleman or Officer Sterling Silver Travel Set, France, Mid-19th Century
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
, a solid silver penholder with a silver pen that is also a seal, a ruler, letter opener) - various
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver, Brass

Victorian Brass Feather & Bird Claw Letter Opener & Desk Seal
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb quality brass bird claw and feather shaped letter opener and desk seal dating from the
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Brass

Art Nouveau Boxed Paperknife and Seal Signed LeRoyer
Located in London, GB
A fine Art Nouveau boxed paperknife and seal in gilt and patinated bronze signed by LeRoyer on both
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

1930's Vintage Barnard College, Columbia University Seal Black Onyx Ring
Located in Troy, MI
stamp your letter seals. Ring is 10 karat yellow gold 14.5mm tapering to 3.0mm in a size 3.75., but can
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19th Century American Antique Letter Seals

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Onyx, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

Early 19th-Century German School, Portrait Of A Lady With A Letter
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming early 19th-century German oil painting depicts a young lady holding a letter sealed
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1830s Folk Art Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bronze Art Nouveau Cloaked Women Letter Wax Seal Stamp, France, 1890
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian bronze Art Nouveau cloaked women letter wax seal stamp unused and never monogrammed
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Late 19th Century English Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Incredible Composed Set of 3 Antique French Bronze Letter Wax Seals
Located in Chicago, IL
fine stamps. Pretty much a lost art since the computer age, these were used to seal letters way back
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Antique French 1880s Nature Decor Cast Bronze Blank Oval Wax Seal Stamp
Located in New York, NY
19th century, early 1880, letter wax seal in cast bronze, in Neoclassical Revival style. Highly
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1880s French Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Bronze

Antique Georgian "Entre Nous" Letter Seal Fob Pendant
Located in Sale, Cheshire
featuring a wax sealed letter and the words "Entre Nous" (between ourselves). The letters are reverse carved
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Letter Seals

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Agate, 9k Gold

Bronze and Marble Asian Desk Set
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A wonderful set with mystic overtones. The letter rack, opener and letter seal are embellished with
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Early 20th Century Unknown Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Bronze and Marble Asian Desk Set
Bronze and Marble Asian Desk Set
H 8 in W 20 in D 11.5 in
Bronze Desk Set by Margo Kemp, German Circa 1925
Located in Hoboken, NJ
Bronze desk set including inkstand, letter opener, box seal, round inkwell, two blotters by Margo
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Early 20th Century German Antique Letter Seals

Directoire chest
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
Masculine directoire chest in oak. With an interesting inlay on the top. A letter with a
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Letter Seals

Directoire chest
Directoire chest
H 34.5 in W 51.5 in D 24 in
Antique Early Victorian Agate Intaglio Spinner Fob
Located in Sale, Cheshire
, offering an intriguing choice of messages with which to seal a letter. The high carat gold frame is
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Letter Seals

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Agate, 15k Gold

French Art Nouveau Bronze Letter Opener and Seal
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a beautiful Art Nouveau Letter Openerand wax seal in their original Box. A floral motif is
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Early 20th Century French Antique Letter Seals

Superb Brass Bound Burr Walnut Antique Letter Writing Box
Located in Antrim, GB
Stunning brass bound burr walnut antique letter writing box Complete with ink wells, wax seal
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1870s Victorian Antique Letter Seals

Materials

Walnut

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Antique Letter Seals For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique letter seals for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, bronze and silver plate, all antique letter seals available were constructed with great care. Antique letter seals have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique letter seals made by Art Nouveau designers — as well as those associated with Baroque — are very popular at 1stDibs. Antique letter seals have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Emmanuel Fremiet are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Letter Seals?

Antique letter seals can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $875, while the lowest priced sells for $295 and the highest can go for as much as $1,874.