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An American skippet (containers, usually made of silver, which protected the wax pendant seal on international treaties) dating from about 1840, made by Seraphim Masi. It is apparently on display in the newly-renovated Entrance Hall of the Department of State. The design is Masi's treaty version of the Great Seal of the United States. This version is nearly identical to the silver-gilt, unmarked skippet attached to the Convention of Adjustment of Claims with Mexico, which was ratified February 8, 1829, and to a silver skippet attached to the Convention of Transit Way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec with Mexico, signed in 1851. It is made of silver, is 5 3/16 inches in diameter, and weights 19 oz. 12 dwt. |
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| Date | Photo from 2010; skippet from ca. 1840 | |||
| Source | American Skippet (direct URL [1]) | |||
| Author | U.S. State Department (photo); Seraphim Masi (skippet) | |||
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![[1]](https://diplomaticrooms.state.gov/Collection%20Items/19800013.jpg){kind=link}
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