File:18-19C Seal (FindID 472455).jpg

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18-19C Seal
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All rights reserved, David Roberts, 2011-11-16 17:42:29
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18-19C Seal
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English: A copper-alloy fob seal of the Georgian to early Victorian period. Complete with its circular red glass intaglio that depicts a retriever, standing in undergrowth, looking backwards and upwards at a flying game bird. The handle is of openwork design with inwardly turned scrolls at the base and a knopped suspension loop at the top. The intaglio is cracked across the centre and has two damage marks on the surface.Fob seals were usually used suspended from a chain on a waistcoat, from the late 18th to late 19th centuries.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1750 and 1860
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 472455
Old ref: PUBLIC-3F5474
Filename: Seal.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/355397
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/355397/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/472455
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