Context (Display)
Seal mounted on square of card.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Found together / assemblage)
TEMP.03252 A-G found together. TEMP.03252 D.1 appears to be associated with Andrew Gow and Professor William Ridgeway (see TEMP.03231 B.1 and correspondence TEMP.03231 F). It is unclear whether this association applies to all the impressions found.
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

Context (Analysis)
TEMP.03252 C.1-2 and TEMP.03252 F.1 are impressions of seal matrices donated by several different collectors and may shed light on the circulation of seals and impressions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Event Date 17/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Pointed, red wax, oval, seal impression of a copper alloy seal matrix (1923.263.1). On the die is a portrait, possibly of the owner; the central design is separated from the inscription by a plain groove. The inscription around the central design reads 'S GALFRIDI DE THAM' ('THE SEAL OF GEOFFREY OF THAM').
Event Date 17/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue