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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: SUSS-A69BF1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast brass fob seal, dating from the late 18th - 19th century. The seal comprises an openwork frame setting, of which only a fragment survives. A glass double faced intaglio also survives and still fits inside the setting. One face of the intaglio depicts a soldier wearing a helmet and a plated armour shirt. He is facing right. The other side depicts a winged figure running to the right, with an uncertain object/creature in front of him. Seal frame measurement: length: 29.74mm, width: 21.39mm, thickness: 3.11mm, weight: 1.75g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 17.48 mm
Width: 15.24 mm
Thickness: 2.91 mm
Weight: 4.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th February 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
To be known as: Udimore
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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1 comment
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Robert Webley wrote @ 15:47:50 on the 13th June 2011.
For an identical die see HAMP-C88186 on this database
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