seal;
seal-impression
- Museum number
- 1852,0110.2
- Description
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Circular bronze Droitwich common seal-matrix with pierced ridge for handle at the back. A shield of arms gules, a sword of state palewise point downwards proper, hilt and pommel or, surmounted of two lions passant of the last, impaling quarterly 1, 4 chequy argent and sable 2, 3 gules two barrows (?) in pale argent. Inner edge of the field engrailed. Legend, within pearled borders; sprays between the words. Plaster and wax impressions.
- Production date
- 15thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 5.65 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. 173.
B.M. 'Cat. of Seals', no. 4893.
The common seal of Droitwich.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1852
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1852,0110.2