seal;
seal-impression
- Museum number
- 1875,0120.35
- Description
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Seal-matrix; lead; circular.
Obverse: A lady standing facing with a shield of arms on either hand, the dexter, a pale, the sinister, three horse-shoes.
Inscription within a pearled outer border.
Reverse: a high pierced semi-circular ridge at back.
With wax impression.
- Production date
- 15thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.70 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Is it German or Dutch? (R.Elwes 31.1.2002)
'Van' in inscription is Dutch.
Text from 'Good Impressions: Image and Authority in Medieval Seals', ed. Adams, Cherry and Robinson. British Museum 2008. Handlist no.8.7.
Seal of Eva Machenheimer
Eva Machenheimer's seal depicts the coats of arms of her husband's family.
See also Renesse-Breidbach, 'Analyse Critique de la Collection des Diplomes Sceaux Cachets et Empreintes, formant une partie du Cabinet de Mr. le Comte C.W. de Renesse Breidbach', Antwerp 1836. Appendix 84.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1875,0120.35
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: TSC German I/Personal Heraldic 27