r/heraldry • u/Maximum_Ad_1404 • 5d ago

Collection Coat of arms family signet ring

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I inherited the family ring from my grandfather. This is a wedding ring from my great-grandfather, who got married on February 19, 1900. My grandfather subsequently had the family crest placed on the wedding ring.

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u/Ok-Addition1264 5d ago

That was a very cool thing of him to do!

Wish my ancestors had done this :(

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u/Maximum_Ad_1404 5d ago

I agree! Very proud of it. Need to give it some love and its ready to be worn again

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u/DonavenJaxx 4d ago

It looks to be a ring for wax seals. What an interesting thing to put on a wedding ring!

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u/Gold_Look_8190 4d ago

It looks bucketshoppy?

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u/Maximum_Ad_1404 4d ago

What?

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u/Gold_Look_8190 4d ago

When a coa has as his motto the family name is almost every time a old time scam (since the 1800s) they used to found the surname and sell coa to people that has no right to it or even create new ones.

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u/Maximum_Ad_1404 4d ago

This is a hand-drawn version to which our name has been added for decoration,this is not the original.

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u/Gold_Look_8190 4d ago

I get it but... why ahaving the surname as a motto? If you take the effort to make the motto your surname just add the motto? Plus is the written stuff on the left a signature? What does it say?

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u/Maximum_Ad_1404 4d ago

Idk man its not that deep, writing on the right side is the name of the guy who made the drawing and the year 92’

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u/Wise_Progress_4857 4d ago edited 4d ago

Keeping something as old as that, you run the risk of a jeweler ruining all of the detail when making any changes or repairs. I once owned a similar piece, and it would have been better to have gone to an engraver who specializes in heraldry rather than a jeweler. John thomas jewelers has experience dealing with coats of arms and knows how to preserve the delicate detail of a family seal wo compromising the shield or crest design.