Depending on the time period, the official county seals are either wax with
an impression made by a wood or metal stamp or a metal stamp/press that
directly embosses the paper. You can see an example of the latter in the
article below.

https://loudounnow.com/2016/08/16/1833-loudoun-court-seal-found-earliest-in-court-records/


*Vincent T. Brooks*
Senior Local Records Archivist
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804-692-3525
Fax 804-692-2277
*The Uncommonwealth* <https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/>



On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 10:44 AM Sally Phillips <
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> So many Virginia local records copied by clerks end with a copied signature
> and the word seal.  What was this seal?  Wax and signet ring?  A carved
> tool such as Asian societies use?
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