Custom Desk Seals

We make some of the most beautiful desk seals made anywhere in the world today. Each seal is a unique, signed work of art. We only design the seal after we receive your order and always make an attempt to incorporate elements from the arms or device in the design of the seal. The July 1995 issue of Lapidary Journal Magazine featured an article on our seals.

Most seals are produced in sterling silver with a natural stone handle and are decorated with natural gemstones. These seals are 6-12 inches in height.

Desk seals range in price from $385.00 for a simple brass seal with wooden handle to several thousand dollars.

If you are interested in having a seal made, E-mail me and we can discuss a design and a price.

The delivery time for desk seals is 3-4 months.

Gilded Sterling silver (a bit over 23 ounces) with a lapis lazuli handle and set with black moonstones. The seal is 10 inches/25 cm tall. Click the image for a larger picture.

Detail from the griffin seal. I carved the entwined griffin ornament (between the stones on the base) from a 13th century, Russian manuscript decoration found in Auguste Racinet'sL'Ornement Polychrome, Series II. Click the image for a larger picture.

Wax seal made by the griffin seal. Click the image for a larger picture.

Seal made for the Society for Creative Anachronism Kingdom of the Outlands, The seal is made of brass, bronze and sterling silver with a malachite handle and decorated with lapis lazuli cabochons. The seal is 11 inches/28 cm tall. Click on the image for a larger picture.

Detail of the Outlands Seal. Click on the image for a larger picture.

Wax seal made by the Outlands Seal.  The Outlands arms are blazoned; Vert, a stag argent, attired and unguled, salient from between the boughs of a laurel wreath, in chief a Saxon crown, all within a bordure embattled Or. Click on the image for a larger picture.

Sterling silver with a malachite handle and square malachite cabochons. The seal is approximately 6 inches/15 cm tall. Click on the image for a larger picture.

This is a nice little seal in the shape of a tower. Crafted in sterling silver with table cut, faceted amethyst's for the windows. I made this seal for the SCA Barony of Settmour Swamp whose arms feature a tower sinking into a swamp. The seal, as best I can remember, is about 4 inches/10 cm tall.

Sterling silver seal with a Malachite handle. This individual's crest is a horse head pierced by a lance. The seal is approximately 6 inches tall.

Brass seal with an Obsidian handle decorated with sterling silver ornaments. The seal is approximately 7 inches tall.

Sterling silver seal with a handle in the shape of a Jerusalem Cross. The seal is 4 inches tall.

This is the least expensive seal we make. A seal similar to this will cost you $385.00.

On occasion I will make an entire desk set for someone. This is the desk set that goes with the Griffin Seal above. The seal sets in the depression to the right. The remainder of the set consists of a gilded sterling silver griffin tripod with a sterling silver and glass alcohol lamp mounted with black moonstones. The small sterling silver pot with an ebony handle is used for melting the sealing wax. The set is mounted on a piece of striped oak that has been stained dark. Click on a small image to see a larger picture.

I don't have a decent photo of the seal that goes on this desk set. The individuals arms feature a winged skull above a sable (black) pyramid masoned Argent (silver lines between the bricks). As you can see the desk set is, more or less, the individuals arms. The four winged skulls are solid sterling silver and support a sterling silver wax-pot with an ebony handle. The skulls and pot set atop a hollow pyramid made up of individually carved obsidian bricks with sterling silver wire inlaid in the joints. Inside the pyramid is an alcohol lamp. The entire set is mounted on a 1 inch-thick slab of black glass. Click on the small image to see a larger picture.