Impression Dies

One of the companies we acquired had a large collection of watch fobs. This is from a Chicago based surgical instrument company from the turn of the century. A watch fob was basically a key chain for your pocket watch. They were used as advertising just like key chains are today. A leather strap went around the slot and it hooked to a chain.

This ring is dainty in size, but gorgeous in design. From Foster & Bailey. Design: 2-1/2" x 1/4" with 1.5mm settings and a 2.5mm x 3.5mm setting

This is the die for the drop portion of a 2 part earring that originally was made in the early 1920s by the Whiting & Davis company

This elegant shot plate has three beautiful designs perfect for buttons and ring tops! Left: 3/4" x 17/32" Middle: 3/4" x 7/16" with a 4mm setting Right: 3/4" x 17/32" with 2mm settings

Late 1800s Jour (Day) by Armand Bargas. Stamped Inside the Top Right of the Edge is "Jour" - Day ~ Stamped Below Jour is Bargas' Signature "ABargas." This is part of a medallion series depicting personifications of the time of day including Jour (Day), Nuit (Night), Aurore (Dawn), and Crepuscule (Dusk).

This locket depicts a bird and a plant stalk that grows through an envelope. From Foster & Bailey.

The fan-favorite, macabre Death's Head Hawkmoth impression die. This impression die has a matching pancake die sold separately or in a bundle, PD 2019 Pancake Die Death's Head Hawkmoth Match

This impression die is a Victorian style mourning locket that depicts a bird in a cage. From Foster & Bailey. Design: 1-3/16" x 5/8"

A tiny button or locket from Foster & Bailey.

This mourning locket depicts bell-flowers and canthus leaves. From Providence, Rhode Island.

We make a lot of copies of Impression Dies, sometimes pressing can go wrong and aren't perfect... Sometimes we get returns... They're still useful dies however we can't exactly send them to the buyer. So here's you chance to get TWO random impression dies for the price of one! All grab bag dies are stamped with a "7" on the front of the die to prevent reselling at full price. ** NO PICKING, NO EXCHANGES, NO RETURNS- SOLD AS IS. Grab bag.

Text in Design: Gallæ custos honoris vendix, "Gallia, guardian of honor, the defender. French 1900s.

Design: 7/8" diameter From Parisi Tool

This mourning locket comes from 19th century Providence, Rhode Island.

This is a 19th-century mourning locket from Providence, Rhode Island.

A deeply engraved flourishing component with an infinity-shape. This was originally a perfume bottle. From Foster & Bailey (1950s Providence, RI).

1-1/16" x 3/4" (27 x 19mm); center 11 x 9mm

Design: 2" x 5/8"

In French heraldry, the crane represented vigilance. Myths told that cranes were hunted along the banks of the Nile and some cranes would stand as chosen guards holding stones in their claws. Should the bird fall asleep, the stone would fall from their claw and wake them. The image may be called "Crane in its Vigilance" or simply "Vigilant." Many families in France had the image of a crane on their coat of arms. This die seems to be a medal. Design: 1 3/4" x 1 9/16" From Foster & Bailey

This mourning locket from Foster & Bailey depicts a beehive and a scythe, motifs of mourning.

A: 19/32" x 17/32" (15 x 13.5mm) B: 5/8 x 9/16" (15.8 x 14mm) C: 5/8 x 9/16" (15.8 x 14mm)

This Victorian-style mourning locket carried the hair or ashes of a pet dog. It depicts a dog on a stairwell beneath a flying bird. From Foster & Bailey.

This ring top from Foster & Bailey has a lightly engraved bug on it. Design: 3/4" x 1/2"

This jewelry hub made late 19th-century mourning lockets in Providence, Rhode Island.