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Description: | A small cast copper alloy seal matrix with a conical handle and a large flat terminal pierced by three holes- forming three loops. One of these loops has broken open, and the top loop is missing its upper portion. The three loops give the terminal a trefoil shape. The conical handle has an oval cross-section. The die is sub-circular, and features a ?sacred heart? motif, consisting of a heart with a flaming halo, and rays emanating from the heart. Around this is an engraved border. The artefact has a dark brown colour, with a smooth, even glossy surface, with just a few patches of light green-brown corrosion. This item dates to probably the late 16th through to the 17th century. The sacred heart suggests that this was the private seal of a Roman Catholic. | 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: | 1600
1750 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Dom Andrews | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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