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Description: | A copper alloy combination pipe tamper and signet ring. With a D-sectioned hoop. Has a flat ovoid bezel /matrix: within a pecked border I C with a sprig in the centre. The tamper has a moulded collar above a screw-thread partly covered with corroded iron. The main part of the tamper must have been of iron, cf. an example apparently with a screw thread, from Clanfield, Oxfordshire (PAS BERK-F0FF67). Bezel measures 15.5mm x 14mm. Hoop width 3.5mm. Internal diameter of ring 20.5 - 21.5mm. Maximum diameter of upper part of tamper 10mm. Second half 17th - first half 18th century.
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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