Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with TEMP.03231 A-B and TEMP.03231 D-G.
Event Date
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)
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 (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 same die design is depicted on TEMP.03231 B.2.
Event Date 10/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Red, oval, wax seal impression. The die design depicts a male winged figure holding a female figure holding a lyre. A band of lightly beaded gold-coloured metal runs around the top edge; the outer edge is wrapped in brown paper.
Event Date 10/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue