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INTAGLIO
Unique ID: NLM-3D1788
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and glass, gilded, detached seal matrix setting. An oval intaglio of opaque white material of thickness 6.1mm - as exposed at its edge - which is glazed front and back with a bright blood red coating of glass. One side bears an incised curvilinear motif, probably a personal monogram. The other bears the incised design of a robed stooping figure advancing right, supported on an anchor; the latter feature identifies this as a personification of Death, or Thanatos, and may suggest this to be a memorial piece. The stone may have been reworked, as the bent back of the figure might equally be read as the 'angel' wings of a Classical Victory. The cutting on this figurative side is with fewer and broader strokes than that defining curvilinear script on the other. On neither side does cutting expose the underlying white stone or glass. An oval copper alloy frame retains traces of gilding, and some small apertures may relate to its attachment to a fob. It holds the stone tightly, but the latter is partially dislodged and so protrudes on the monogram side. The glass surface is pitted on both sides, and recent abrasion has brightened two patches on the figured side. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850.
Length: 26.6mm, Width: 24.0mm, Thickness: 6.2mm, Weight: 10.34gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.6 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 10.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th September 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM21093a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Glass
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Burwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3781
Four figure Latitude: 53.308228
Four figure longitude: 0.054689
1:25K map: TF3781
1:10K map: TF38SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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