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Description: | A complete copper-alloy seal matrix of chess pawn type. It is 24mm in height and has a handle consisting of three open loops, one central one above the other two, the upper loop has a small knop projecting from its top edge. The die is six sided and measures 16mm in length and 13mm in width. It has the letters; 'W S' on it, with what appear to be fleur-de-lis above and below them. These are likely to be the letters of an individuals initials. Therefore, this is a personal seal matrix. It is most likely to be late 14th or 15th century in date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1350
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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