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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy revolving seal matrix of post-medieval date. The openwork handle is decorated ornately with symmetrical foliate scrolling interspersed with circular perforations, including the terminal suspension loop with three small knops; it tapers to this terminal point. The handle curves round to accommodate the pierced oval die; this latter sits within a beaded border on the inner each and an axis bar about which it rotates. The die measures 17.6mm by 15.3mm, by 3.3mm thick. It bears devices on both sides carved in intaglio. One depicts a classical bearded bust draped and ?laureate facing right. The other depicts a crowned lion rampant advancing right holding orb and sceptre. The lion is on a twisted rope.
Such revolving matrices are dated to the 17th and 18th centuries. Examples include one in Read (1995, 152-153; ref. 1032), and, intriguingly, and a die bearing exactly the same heraldic lion on this database - SOMDOR-4328A1. | Subjects: | Heraldic Revolving | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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