seal;
seal-impression
- Museum number
- 1838,0125.3
- Description
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Circular bronze seal-matrix of Simon de Belton with hexagonal conical handle ending in a pierced trefoil; on the back an engraved hexagon with engraved radiating lines converging at the loop. Three intersecting trefoil panels with tracery; in the centre a shield of arms, on a chevron between three mullets five quatrefoils, surmounted by a merchant's mark. Legend, pearled outer border. With wax impression.
- Production date
- 14thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.20 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from 'Catalogue of British Seal-Dies in the British Museum', A.B. Tonnochy, London 1952, cat. no. 324.
B.M. 'Cat. of Seals', no. 7354.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1838
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from the Department of Manuscripts.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1838,0125.3
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1838,1232.89
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Miscellaneous number: 1838,XXXV.223 (MSS 1838 transfer list)
