BUC-7AD748: copper alloy seal matrix holder

Rights Holder: Finder
CC License:

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

SEAL MATRIX

Unique ID: BUC-7AD748

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A hollow cast conical copper alloy seal matrix holder with the seal intaglio missing. The handle has a number of mouldings above the oval empty socket and curves into a faceted handle that ends in an ovoid knop

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Retained by Finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1700
Date to: AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.46 mm
Width: 16.94 mm
Thickness: 4.91 mm
Weight: 9.1 g

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Little Staughton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Kathleen Manning @ 3Counties Dig
Current location: Retained by Finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: DENO-B0F4C4
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
An incomplete cast copper alloy 'fob' seal of modern date probably later 18th or early 19th Century (1740-1850). The seal matrix is composite…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: NLM-3F3187
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Copper alloy seal matrix fragment. The cast handle of a seal matrix with an oval socket where an engraved stone or glass matrix has been lost…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: BH-C911CC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A Post Medieval cast copper-alloy seal matrix dating c. AD 1600-1800. The seal matrix is conical and octagonally facetted. At the top is a cir…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: BUC
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.