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Description: | Silver seal matrix with an octagonal matrix depicting a lion rampant facing right in a slightly raised and crimped border within which is a border of raised pellets. Its reverse is formed of an ovoid plate surmounted by a rectangular platform, formed of four trapezoidal faces, one of which is stamped with the maker's mark of the letters 'TB' in Roman capitals within a recessed rectangular cartouche. The handle then tapers and expands into an ogival shape, or sigmoid curve, below a rectangular collar which forms the base of the suspension loop. The loop is made of a circle with three tiny circular knops or granules, in a triangular formation, that are 1 mm in diameter. The loop has an ovate aperture that is 3 mm in diameter.This is a type of seal matrix is usually given to the first half of the 18th century but in the absence of a dateable maker's mark or identifiable coat of arms, there is not enough evidence to confirm that this is pre 1715 (Judy Rudoe pers comm).See WAW-78D662 (2006 T496) for a similar personal seal with an octagonal base and a lion passant within a beaded border, which is dated from the early Georgian period and was considered to fall outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.See IOW-D56FF9 and SUR-2ABDA7 for silver seal matrices with similar terminals which are dated from c.1750-1800.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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