Superb Antique French Hand Carved Ivory Sceau, Wax Seal, Balon or Balloon Form, No Monogram Banker's folio These often have a locket

These often have a locket inset which is fitted into the backside

Even the original stoppers remain

nearly a veneer covering the entire serpentine shaped piece with ornate scrolling boulle inlays on the sides

This pair had a few of their own to show for its age but they've just come back from our enamel restorer and are free of any chips

Superb Antique French Hand Carved Ivory Sceau, Wax Seal, Balon or Balloon Form, No Monogram Banker's folio These often have a locketFrom my own lifetime collections, a rare beauty, this 18th century to earliest 19th century seal with French steel, perhaps a silver coating but no marks on the matrix, ready and awaiting your own to be engraved or mounted. A superb 'balloon' or 'balon' form hand carved ivory handle, large and heavy in hand. One might think it commemorative or souvenir of The first 'aerostatic' (hot air balloon) flight in history which was an experiment carried out by