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LOT 0392
Medieval Silver Round Seal Matrix of Robert Doggett
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (7.4 grams, 23 mm).
Discoid seal with strap and loop to the reverse; central wolf-like dog rampant surrounded by a legend between two pelletted bands: '+SIGILL[V]M : ROBERTI : DOGET' (seal of Robert Doggett).
Provenance
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Footnotes
A 'Roberto Doget de Wytlebur' witnesses a charter of 1294 A.D., no.03590381 of the Luffield Priory Charters, Buckinghamshire.
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