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Record ID: LON-8B0AE6
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman nicolo intaglio dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The stone has been cut so that it has an oval outer face with steep sloping sides. The base is also oval shaped but convex. The stone is onyx. Onyx stones with white outer surfaces were carved to create the banded navy/black to light blue seen in this example. The convex shape is consistent with earlier examples of intaglio, with the later markets being dominated by flat cut stones (Zienkiewicz, 1987, 13).
The intaglio is decorated with a carved figure standing right, both arms raised and possibly holding accompanying objec…
Created on: Monday 10th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Record ID: NLM-382206
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Dark blue opaque glass Intaglio. Oval gem stone with bevelled upper edge, flat behind. A naturalistically carved motif presents a male nude figure standing right, probably helmetted - or alternatively with a pudding basin haircut - standing left, holding an object in his outstretched right hand: this is probably a severed head; and a staff in his left. A long shaggy cloak hangs over his shoulders reaching down to his calves. An object at first identified as an oval chip is at 5 O'clock; closer inspection suggests this may be a round shield with rim. The lower sides and back are extrem…
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-306098
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman carnelian intaglio depicting the goddess Minerva facing left. Probably from a ring. The sides are bevelled, the two main surfaces are convex and the reverse is plain.
It is almost certainly second-century AD in date on the ground of its composition and the style of engraving (from what I can make out). It's fairly similar to a very finely cut carnelian from the military supply base at Holt, Denbeighshire (Henig 'A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gems from British Sites') No. 242, and a carnelian in an iron ring from the fortress at Caerleon No. 234, a carnelian from the lead worki…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 3rd May 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Beckfoot', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-33F083
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone or glass, gold and copper alloy seal matrix. A sub-rectangular purple coloured stone backed by a possibly organic material which is coloured green by copper corrosion, and retained within a setting of red tinted gold from which six tiny lugs project to grip the stone; these lugs occur on two adjacent sides only. The setting is corrugated with three gutters which run all around it. It bears a perforation of diameter 2mm centrally on one of its shorter sides, where its side is divided. A knob of green corrosion occurs on the opposite short side, though the metal setting is here un…
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Roxby cum Risby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-9D36A6
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Amethyst
Intaglio. Flat oval gemstone, cut with the slightly left-facing (as viewed) bust and shoulders of a man with sideburns and beard but no moustache, wearing a jacket with prominently high lapels. The reversed legend BRIGHT appears below the bust. Presumably from a seal or seal ring. The back of stone bears diagonal marks from sawing. The edges of stone are bevelled.
The image resembles that of John Bright (1811-1889), a Quaker, Radical, and Liberal statesman, associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. He was a noted orator and …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 9th November 2010
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This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.
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