BIG SEAL OF AGATE - CACHET IN VERMEIL - EARLY 19th CENTURY

Big seal of agate and vermeil, baluster shape.
The handle is of carved blond agate, with beleved or chamfered edges, and smooth faces, softened in curves and cons-curves.

The handle is subdivided in two parts, separated by a shrink.
About the color, more precisely, the agate has a nuanced tone, going from the blond to the red-brown.
The cachet, made of silver covered with a layer of gold, is in architectural capital shape, and very nicely chiselled in pronounced embossing, the hollows nielloed.

The finishing is hammered with little dots.
This form and its chiselling are really characteristic of the french restoration period, beween 1815 and 1830.
The cachet is engraved of calligraphied initials, which seems to come from the cyrilic alphabet.
The cachet bears a silver control hallmark, showing a boar head.
In very good condition.
Gross weight: 127,40 grams
Height: 6,5 inches - (16,5 cm)