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Description: | Cast gilt copper alloy seal from a fob chain with rotating matrix setting made up of a semi-circular arch. The seal has a lattice pattern of linear raised squares on the back, opposite the setting, which still has the remains of gilding on it. On either edge of the oval seal there are the stumps of the iron spindle that would have attached the seal to either arm of the arch. Only two thirds of the clear glass intaglio remain and it is no longer set into the seal. The clear glass backing for the intaglio is now broken into four shards. The intaglio depicts a chubby Seraph playing a harp, in the style of the 18th century, rather than a svelte winged creature playing a lyre, in the Classical style.Bailey (2000) illustrates a similar example with the same lattice decoration on the back of the seal on page 31, Fig.30, which is dated to the late 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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