Golden tiger eye and black agate framed by an engraved antique-gold barrel and two sculpted side beads. The barrel carries the weight of an old seal without the nostalgia; the stones carry the rest. It is the piece the house is most often asked for by name.

It belongs to Command, and it is the closest thing we make to a seal you can wear. In the old courts a man touched the seal at his belt before he spoke; tradition holds tiger eye for the same steadiness, and black agate to keep it from turning into haste. The silver-sheen obsidian shows only when the wrist moves.

The signatory is the one whose name goes last on the page, after everyone else has had their say. This is the piece for that hand.