For un cœur fidèle, an ever faithful heart, may fidelity and longevity never part.

England; c. early 1800s.

Width: face 2 centimeters x 1 centimeter.

Length: 3 cm long.

Notes: 15 karat gold and carnelian seal engraved “Fidelle.” French for Faithful. A seal is a “stamp” of sorts that was used in the Georgian and Victorian times to secure all types of hand-written communication. The stamp is written backwards on the seal, so that when they are stamped into the hot wax, the imprint remaining is written forwards and can be read by the recipient.