Record ID: HESH-AFAF81
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver seal die, fluted handle with terminal pierced three times, the face engraved with a three-masted sailing ship. Seal die itself approx 1.4 cm diameter. Probably 17th Century, as indicated both by the ship and the form of the seal.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-887CE3
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Report on post-medieval silver dress hook from Chilton Trinity, Somerset - 2008 T96 Silver dress hook in the form of a book, with projecting knops and a foliate tendril at the top with recurving hook soldered onto the back. On the backplate, rectangular bar for attachment, soldered on. The front section parcel-gilt (partly gilded). A type of post-medieval dress hook frequently reported through the Treasure Act and sometimes found in pairs. See TAR 2003, no. 239 for comparison; and for a pair acquired by the British Museum, Dept of Prehistory and Europe, 2003, 3-1, 1-2. It fa…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilton Trinity', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-84D081
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver seal matrix with fluted handle, three transverse bands and suspension loop. The seal is engraved with a shield with a single diagonal band with three stars and crest with mantling above. The form of the seal-die and the style of the mantling suggests an 18th century date, not necessarily pre-1707. The seal-die cannot be securely dated to pre-1707 and as such it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996 (Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum).
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.