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Description: | A cast gilded brass fob seal, dating from the late 18th ?? 19th century. This type of seal would have hung from a gentleman??s chain, a chain that was also used for the suspension of a fob watch.
The seal comprises a hollow setting, which would once have housed an intaglio. The intaglio is now missing. The setting is sub-rectangular in shape. From the bottom up the setting has a rounded profile, which has been decorated with a series of parallel, diagonal lines. Traces of gilding survive within the lines.
On top of this section (cast integrally) is a dome of copper alloy plate, which has also been decorated with incised lines. These lines radiate out and down from the central, highest point.
Welded to the top of the setting is the ornate handle, which is simply a strip of copper alloy. The terminals of which point upwards underneath the handle. On top of the handle there is a small knop again decorated with incised parallel, diagonal lines.
Similar fob seal can be seen in Read, 1988, p138-9. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | WALKER, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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