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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: BERK-0B9E35
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A glass-set intaglio from a Georgian fob seal. The glass is off-white and opaque and is set into a circular silver setting. The intaglio depicts a lion walking left upon an oval field. The silver setting is finely decorated with fronds and floral designs. Evidence for the missing handle remains on the back of the intaglio casing. The style and design of this intaglio and setting suggests a Georgian or later date.
Notes:
As the object is not over 300 years old and does not contain more than 10% precious metal by weight it does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the 1996 Act.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1713
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.09 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 7.73 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.326
Materials and construction
Primary material: Glass
Secondary material: Silver
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Clifton Hampden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5697
Four figure Latitude: 51.66899263
Four figure longitude: -1.19164919
1:25K map: SU5697
1:10K map: SU59NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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