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Description: | Cast copper alloy seal matrix, oval in plan and inscribed with a sun motif with radiating linear rays alternating with curvilinear lines of mirrored '?' shapes, all within an oval pelleted border. The handle is broken so that only the base remains which is recessed above a collar that is oblong in plan. The base is quite thin and rectangular in plan, but widens in profile, which suggests that it may have been an openwork trefoil handle like the examples below. This type of seal matrix with a flat oval face and a handle with a flattened trefoil that is made up of three perforated circles dates from the 16th to the 17th century (Bailey, 2000, 30, Fig.23).Similar examples recorded on the database have faces within the circle of the sun and openwork trefoil handles, such as (SUR-C7FDD6) found in Guildford, Surrey, (NMS-5661E8) found in Postwick, Norfolk, (BH-1492D3) found in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, and (YORYM-B35058) found in Copmanthorpe, North Yorkshire, and are all dated from the 17th 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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