Record ID: LANCUM-E47868
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
19th century fob-seal matrix with elaborate design of the handle. The seal was cast cu-alloy anbd possibly gilded. The seal itself bears the negative of a male bust made from crystal or, more likely, glass. S. Riddle from the Lancaster Maritime Museum could identify the ship on the handle and suggests that it might be a paddle steamer because it has a paddle box on either side. She says: "Although paddle steamers were in use and production for a long time (1820s-1948), I think that it is an earlier design of ship fue to the masts (it is a full-rigged ship) and sails. Earlier steamers …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-007617
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded copper alloy seal matrix set oval intaglio bearing an impression of a male bust.
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WALMER', grid reference and parish protected.