The Intaglio Seal

This is our first Little Ghost made as a Black Box Edition, it is 5cm tall and solid cast bronze, on the base are the inverted crossed torches chased in negative to form the Intaglio Seal for forming the impression in hot wax. We have used an ancient “lost wax” method to produce them. They are hand made in Sheffield and bear the marks of the oldest known casting process, the finish is intended to look like an object from a bygone era and not a modern counterpart. Please note that the marks and imperfections are part of this process and product, bronze also tarnishes which is normal.

Intaglio seals have been used since Egyptian times, an intaglio seal is a 'stamp' of sorts that is used to secure all types of hand-written communication. Seals were most popular in Georgian and Victorian times, when the art of handwritten correspondence was at its most prevalent. Written material would be sealed & stamped to be enclosed & private. The recipient would know if the communication had been viewed because the seal had to be broken to see its contents. Seals would also allow the recipient to identify prior to opening who the sender was from the custom design or monogram.

Edition size -1200 - 600 were available from The Medical society during Ghost Week .

600 released online 25th November