
The Black Collection
The wax seal stamps are regrouped in various sections to easily explore the collection.
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This beautiful seal stamp belonged to Joseph Marie d’Albert De Roquevaux. Born in Aubagne in 1764, he was the son of Albert, Lord of Roquevaux, and Elisabeth Rose Daniel, his second wife. He married Marie Geneviève Victoire Charlotte Dévote de Grimaldi in 1781. Joseph Marie d’Albert de Roquevaux concluded his career as Captain of a frigate in 1814 and retired in 1817. The family claims descent from the Alberti family, from which they inherited the arms: Azure, four chains Or, issuing from the angles of the shield and joined at the center by an annulet Argent. The d'Albert de Luynes is a homonymous family.




Dating from the 19th century, this elegant black stamp is made of wood and bronze. It features an alliance coat of arms surmounted by a helmet. What makes this piece particularly interesting to me are the thistles used as supporters. Although this stamp was acquired from France, the thistle is a heraldic symbol of Scotland that has been in use for over 500 years. As Scotland's national flower and emblem, the thistle represents resilience, protection, nobility, and pride, and is a symbol of high honor.



This stamp depicts the arms of the de Bailly and the Tréton de Vaujuas-Langan families. It is difficult to identify the exact owner of a stamp, especially when variations in the coat of arms occured over the generations. The de Bailly arms have not changed, but the Tréton de Vaujuas-Langan arms on this stamp appear with a cinquefoil (five-petaled flower) instead of a wheel. I believe that this stamp belonged to Aimée Pierrette Charlotte de Bailly, the daughter of Charles Gaspard, Marquis of Fresnay. She and her husband probably adopted the cinquefoil instead of the wheel as a mark of cadency. Aimée Pierrette was the wife of Louis, Marquis of Vaujuas-Langan. Louis was the son of Jacques Tréton de Vaujuas and Émilie de Langan du Boisfévrier, whose arms were Sable and charged with a lion. While Louis adopted a quartered coat of arms combining the arms of his parents, Aimée Pierrette Charlotte chose to display the arms of her husband's paternal lineage only.


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