Accession No
1883.598 A
Description
Watch fob seal, with an ornately scrolled openwork suspension loop surmounting a revolving oval intaglio seal, one side of which bears a portrait cameo of a man wearing an open-faced helmet, and the other the seated figure of Britannia holding her spear and shield.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; ?Cambridge
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1883.598 A; MAA: 1883.598 [incorrect no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Steel
Local Term
Measurements
25mm x 17mm x 34mm Weight 0.008kg
Events
Context (Display)
This object was found with a wooden display board. A handwritten label affixed to the front of the board reads: '83.CAS.598. Fob chain steel seal ?Cambridge. Cam. Ant. Soc. 1883.' Also written in pencil on the back of the board: 'CAS. d3. ?Cambridge.'
Event Date
Author: David Kay
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'SEAL (fob) steel (impd. helmeted head with ornate brass [sic] loop etc.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in a cardboard box containing twelve objects (1883.598 A, 1903.201, 1908.439 A, 1922.205, 1922.206, 1923.213.11, 1923.256.5, TEMP.00866, TEMP.00867, TEMP.00868, TEMP.00877, TEMP.00878) and marked 'Watch fobs, keys etc. Pedometers'.
Event Date 2019
Author: David Kay
Description (Physical description)
Watch fob seal, with an ornately scrolled openwork suspension loop surmounting a revolving oval intaglio seal, one side of which bears a portrait cameo of a man wearing an open-faced helmet, and the other the seated figure of Britannia holding her spear and shield.
Event Date 28/3/2019
Author: David Kay
FM:15065
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