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Description: | An intaglio from a seal matrix of probable eighteenth century date (AD 1700 - AD 1800). Length: 28.9mm; width: 24.1mm and 4.8mm thick. Weight: 8.86g.The oval red coloured glass or stone intaglio is mounted in an oval copper alloy frame. The front face, the die, depicts two standing birds with folded wings facing each other. Above their heads is a crown or coronet. The back face of the intaglio is flat and plain.The intaglio is pitted and the copper alloy frame is partially corroded.
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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