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Description: | A silver seal matrix made by Hester Bateman and dating to the period 1760-1790 depicting the and crest of the Blachford family. The seal matrix is oval in shape with a shield of three fess wavy gules, three pheons azure to chief with a swan above and trailing leaves and flowers on either side of the shield. The swan is shown emerging from a coronet which is not part of the design but anornament added by the engraver for design purposesThe seal matrix is attached to the circular base of handle which rises to an oval base curving up at the ends and with a raised line in the centre. From the ends of the curving oval base rise two scrolled sections which are joined at the top by a further piece of silver that probably formed the rest of the handle but is now incomplete.The seal is hallmarked with an H (from Hester Bateman's HB registered hallmark) and preceding that possibly a d, which may be the date mark for 1779.The seal matrix weights 13.27g. It is 24.19mm in length and 21.72mm wide. The depth from the top of the handle to the matrix is 19.44mm.The engraver has chosen not to follow the conventional method of representing heraldic tinctures by hatching, which was well established by the eighteenth 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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