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LOT 0394
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix for Jacob
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (12.9 grams, 22 mm).
With central 'flower and crescent' motif, linear border and legend '* S' IACOBI ALFVEMESLIRC' (seal of Jacob ....); tapering shank and loop to the reverse.
ProvenanceFound Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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