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Description: | A silver seal matrix dating from the 17th or early 18th century.The matrix face is oval and the conical handle has six facets. The terminal of the handle is a suspension loop, but this is broken. There is a thick collar between the loop and the shaft. The matrix face has a beaded border and the central design is of a crown over a heart pierced by two crossed arrows. There is a very small rounded symbol in each angle of the arrows, except the angle filled by the crown. These are probably intended to be drops of blood, making it a bleeding heart design. There are very short radiating lines above the heart.The imagery on the die resembles that on late 17th -early 18th Century buttons and cufflinks, see TAR 2005-6, nos. 615-6. This would seem to be the right dating for this decorative fob seal.There are many other seal matrices with this design recorded on the PAS database. They include DOR-455AD3 (2011T372), SWYOR-2F5652 (2011T423), SOM-46A145, SUR-2ABDA7, SUSS-8A6B12 (2009T27) and PAS-8E6B26 (2005 T491).As the object is likely to be more than 300 years old and has a greater than 10% precious metal content, it meets the criteria of the 1996 Treasure Act.
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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