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Description: | An incomplete silver seal matrix. A pedestal type. The seal face is oval and carries a design of crown above a heart pierced by two arrows in a saltire. Around the heart in the remaining three angles of the saltire are indentations representing drops of blood. There is a pellet border around the edge. The handle is broken. It is hexagonal in cross section and decorated with two raised horizontal bands before it flares out into a a probable openwork lobed terminal, now too fragmentary to be certain of the design.The seal design is very similar to those seen on cufflinks of the 17th century.Date: Post-medieval c. 1600 - 1700Dimensions: 10.01 mm x 12.85 mm x 10.45 mmWeight: 2.01 gFor parallels see SOM-46A145, Treasure cases 2009 T27, 2008 T289, 2008 T411, 2004 T389
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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