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Description: | Post medieval seal matrix; Cast copper alloy seal matrix of 17th century date, possibly the base of a fob seal or the bezel from a seal ring. The matrix is a small, flat, oval plate incised with a design of an anchor overlaid with a heart. There are also three strokes flaring from each side of the heart. The back of the plate is attached to a narrow, flat band of copper alloy which curves away from the plate, indicating that it is the start of the band of a finger ring. It is broken off at both ends close to the seal plate.Length (bezel) 16.1mm, width (bezel) 14.5mm, thickness (bezel) 1.5mm, thickness (inc ring band) 3.3mm, weight 3.21g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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