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| Keywords: MasiTreatySealPendant.jpg The Masi or Treaty Seal the variant of the Great Seal of the United States used specifically on treaties for several decades in the 1800s designed by Seraphim Masi and quite different than the design then and now in use These pendant seals attached to the documents via strings were transported in metal boxes called skippets The skippets an example of which is on the right also had an impression of the seal Both this wax disc and skippet were made from a mold by Samuel Lewis who was contracted to make skippets starting in about 1854 His design was a nearly exact copy of the original Masi die with slight differences on the top of the eagle's head being the most apparent difference In 1871 at least one of the wax seals made from the Lewis mold was actually used on a treaty most even in 1871 were made using the original Masi die Extracted from PDF version of http //diplomacy state gov/exhibitions/onlineexhibitions/100935 htm Using the Great Seal as the Nation Expands poster part of a U S Diplomacy Center State Department exhibition on the 225th anniversary of the Great Seal Direct PDF URL http //diplomacy state gov/documents/organization/101215 pdf 21MB U S Government The http //diplomacy state gov/exhibitions/onlineexhibitions/100935 htm U S Diplomacy Center exhibition page states All materials in this exhibition are in the public domain and can be reproduced without permission Citation of this source is appreciated PD-USGov Great Seal of the United States Skippets Seraphim Masi | ||||
