Context (Display)
Seals mounted on squares of card with handwritten tables in Greek lettering on reverse.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with TEMP.03231 B-G.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Related Documents)
In his letter of 20 August 1919, Andrew Gow speculates that some of the impressions - made from his own electrotypes - relate to seals or intaglios made in Italy by Italians. Others appear to be impressions of seals or intaglios from ancient, possibly Classical, Greece held in other collections.
Event Date 20/8/1919
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Other owners)
A letter from Andrew Gow dated 20 August 1919 (TEMP.03231 F), enclosed with the seals, is addressed to Professor Ridgeway.
Event Date 20/8/1919
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Analysis)
The die design on TEMP.03231 A.2 is depicted on TEMP.03231 D.2.
Event Date 10/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Three black, oval, wax seal impressions. The die designs depict a bull (.1); a heron (.2); and a crouching male figure with a bow (.3).
Event Date 10/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Analysis)
Seals TEMP.03231 A.2-3 are featured in photo card TEMP.03231 E.3.
Event Date 12/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue