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Description: | Oval intaglio of translucent moulded glass. Post-medieval. probably the second half of the eighteenth century. Length 18mm, width 15.5mm and 7mm thick. Weight 3.06g. The intaglio is within a very corroded and fragile copper alloy oval mount which fully encloses the reverse of the intaglio as well as its sides. The reverse is convex. Decoration at the front of the mount is in the form of closely related repetitive "egg" motifs. The rear is decorated with a cross composed of small pellets. In each angle of the cross there are egg motifs at the edges of the mount similar to those at the front of the mount. The intaglio has bevelled edges and viewing an impession, the die is in the form of a male bust facing left with headgear which might represent a cap of maintenance. The bust is enclosed within an oval-shaped twisted cable design. The intaglio is slightly chipped at the edge, just above the bust, to the left. | 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: | 1750
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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