Keywords: US Masi treaty seal skippet.jpg A skippet for the Masi treaty seal version of the Great Seal of the United States Once treaties were typically sealed with pendant seals wax discs which were impressed with the seal attached to the treaty document by a cord; skippets were containers to protect the wax disc during transport and were usually made of silver This skippet was for a treaty with Mexico about protection for a transitway across the Isthums of Tehuantepec signed by the U S on January 25 1851 but it was never ratified by Mexico so the seal was never sent Several skippets were made at a time and the cover was typically engraved with the same design as the seal This skippet was made by F Masi Co the same company which made the actual treaty seal in 1825 done by Seraphim Masi identifiable by the stars around the rim Scanned from page 184 of The Eagle and the Shield by Richard Patterson and Richardson Dougall 1978 circa 1850 skippet ; photo from the 1970s Photo courtesy of the National Archives PD-USGov Great Seal of the United States Skippets Seraphim Masi |