Accession No
TEMP.03249 C.1-5
Description
Four red wax seal impressions and one letter. Pointed oval seal impression with male head and shoulders at centre and inscription ‘Miserere mei deus’ around outer edge (.1); Red wax seal impression of a circular seal matrix with A A on the die mounted on card (.2); Illegible red wax seal impression adhered to envelope addressed to Fisher Esq, Curator of Ely Museum (.3); Illegible red wax seal impression adhered to envelope addressed to Marshall Fisher Esq, Ely (.4), containing handwritten letter on blue paper from J.J. Lewis (.5).
Place
Europe; British Isles
Period
Post Medieval Modern
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.03249 C.1-5
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wax; Paper
Local Term
Measurements
26mm x 32mm
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
TEMP.03249 A-E found together.
Event Date
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
Description (Physical description)
Four red wax seal impressions and one letter. Pointed oval seal impression with male head and shoulders at centre and inscription ‘Miserere mei deus’ around outer edge (.1); Red wax seal impression of a circular seal matrix with A A on the die mounted on card (.2); Illegible red wax seal impression adhered to envelope addressed to Fisher Esq, Curator of Ely Museum (.3); Illegible red wax seal impression adhered to envelope addressed to Marshall Fisher Esq, Ely (.4), containing handwritten letter on blue paper from J.J. Lewis (.5).
Event Date 16/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue
FM:322557
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