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Description: | Lead AlloySeal Matrix. Crudely cast figurative oval or vesica-shaped seal matrix, portraying Mary as Queen of Heaven, crowned, with sceptre in her left hand, and the infant Jesus cradled in the crook of her right arm; a full robe reaches to her feet and she stands on a crescent moon. A radiating nimbus surrounds her. The motif draws on the conventions of sacred art and pilgrim souvenirs portraying the Virgin and Child, though the reduction of salient features to little more than lines or pellets is significantly coarser than most medieval renditions. The object would perhaps fit better in the context of Early Post-Medieval Catholic devotion. It is very thin, impractically so for a seal matrix, and is broken in half, and has been mounted by the finder. Suggested date: Early Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.Length: 38.1mm, Width: 20.9mm, Thickness: 1.1mm.
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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