14-03-2026, 09:40 AM
(13-03-2026, 06:35 PM)eggyk wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.[quote='Koen G' pid='81322' dateline='1773413944']
Therefore, it seems likely that the design of the seal originated after Renoir's publication, but independently from its adoption by the UK company.
It is very likely that the exact seal we're looking for is featured in one of these Dover publications. Since the UK company referred me to the 2004 edition, this or the 2012 edition may be worth tracking down.
For whatever it's worth, the seal for "AD" from renoir features the rounded loop seen in the UK "AG" version. Maybe at some point they expanded or blended the designs.
In 2016/2017 I don't remember exactly, a sphragistics expert from the State Archives in Rome told me that the monogram could recall the monograms used in the Victorian era, but these were more elaborate in the "serifs" of the character because in 1800 there was an attempt to embellish the initials in a Baroque style, but the origin of the Victorian monograms was from the 18th - 17th century (the latter less likely) and the one on the parchment seems much more similar to a simple, basic, "ad personam" monogram made for a ring or a chain pendant being only 1.5 cm in diameter.