One can purchase a signet in the US from Signet Jewellers.
Signet Jewellers claims to be "The largest specialty retail
jeweller in the US and UK" and they can be found on-line.
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The signet was a stamp which was used to impress a picture into
wax used to seal a document. It was convenient to have this signet
made into a ring.
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a signet novel is, and I say may not be right, a novel that is
not real and is not in this day or place.