plaquette
- Museum number
- 1915,1216.48
- Description
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Plaquette; lead; oval; Neptune with trident on large shell drawn by four sea-horses; three dolphins; signature; two holes for suspension.
- Production date
- 16thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 8 centimetres
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Width: 6.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Other examples of this plaquette are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (7424-1861) and the Museo Nazionale, Naples
Maclagan (1924) draws attention to affinities with an engraved crystal in the British Museum (1867,0507.7370). See also Molinier 1886, No. 590; Bange 1922, No. 873; Ricci 1931, ii, No. 390.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Corroded.
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1915,1216.48