Bidspirit auction | 16th Century Style Red Wax

16th Century Style Red Wax Seal Impression of the Convent of Susteren Limburg Netherlands - This item consists of a circular red sealing wax impression mounted on a square light-grey card. The seal is identified by the Latin legend S CONVENTVS DE SVSTEREN which runs clockwise around the border. The central field features an ecclesiastical figure, likely a saint or abbot, wearing robes and holding a crosier in the right hand and an orb or book in the left. The mounting card contains several handwritten notations in Dutch. The top right reads Susteren Convent Limb referring to the province of Limburg. The bottom notation or. lak. Arch. Maastr= indicates the impression is original wax and associated with the Maastricht Archives (Archief Maastricht). A notation in the upper left corner 16e E? suggests the original matrix dates to the 16th century. The impression is a collector or archival pull taken from the original historical matrix. Card: 3.5 x 3.5 inches Seal Diameter: 1 inch.