seal;
corkscrew;
ring;
tobacco-pipe-stopper;
seal-impression
- Museum number
- 1927,0216.91
- Description
-
Oval silver seal-matrix of Eamer. It is applied to a ring which forms the end of a corkscrew enclosed in a tobacco-stopper. A shield of arms azure two lions passant in pale or, crest, a demi-lion rampant holding a dagger, and mantling. With plaster impression.
- Production date
- 18thC(late)
- Dimensions
-
Length: 1.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from 'Catalogue of British Seal-Dies in the British Museum', A.B. Tonnochy, London 1952, cat. no. 417.
Sir John Earner, knighted in 1794; Lord Mayor of London, 1801-2.
Information from Alastair Leslie, '300 Years of Tobacco Stoppers', privately printed 2012, p.7:
'Stoppers are so small that hallmarking and even the maker's mark hardly ever occurred on early examples.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1927
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1927,0216.91
