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Wow you never expect it!
I was taking out a 'first timer' (friends wife from work) to give her a taste of detecting, as she was keen to try. I was surprised she lasted just short of 4 hours & was continuing in the near dark. She had a nice decorated tombac & 2 rose farthings - a good start, as those things are tiny.
I feel a little bad because I switched runs to put her on flatter ground & joked I would get the gold coin now! Instead a stunning silver seal fob! It's edge was poking out the ground & I thought - 'another tombac'.....
Made by the famous silversmith 'Hester Bateman' circa 1790s!
See similar:
Fob Seal by HESTER BATEMAN, LONDON - Peter Cameron Antique Silver
Other finds:
1 scrappy
1 broken Tudor Clothes Fastener
Lead Cloth Seal
Rose Farthing
1/4 Hammered
Bits...
What a weekend, I should leave Dad at home more often.
UPDATE:
I wish it was better news, as I would have loved to have contacted the present family but its a deadend right now. Here are the experts thoughts so far:
'The nearest I can get to it is for the Clement family but as can be seen from this link the thing wrong with it are the roundels (bezants) instead of the stars (mullets) Peyton Clements - Clements Coat of Arms
The heraldic description for your seal will be something like 'argent two bends wavy sable, in chief gules three mullets of five Or' in English it means, 'on a silver background two black wavy diagonal lines, above, a red line with three gold stars of five points each'. Can you confirm if the crest is a Pegasus or a winged lion as it isn't too clear from the image, it may help my research?'
I replied 'Griffin';
'The Clements family may still be in the frame as there is a branch from Harwich that had a sitting griffin on a mount as their crest A Dictionary of Suffolk Crests: Heraldic Crests of Suffolk Families - Joan Corder - Google Books
It is possible that this branch changed the coat of arms slightly from what I sent you yesterday to the design you have to distinguish that branch from the others.'
I was taking out a 'first timer' (friends wife from work) to give her a taste of detecting, as she was keen to try. I was surprised she lasted just short of 4 hours & was continuing in the near dark. She had a nice decorated tombac & 2 rose farthings - a good start, as those things are tiny.
I feel a little bad because I switched runs to put her on flatter ground & joked I would get the gold coin now! Instead a stunning silver seal fob! It's edge was poking out the ground & I thought - 'another tombac'.....
Made by the famous silversmith 'Hester Bateman' circa 1790s!
See similar:
Fob Seal by HESTER BATEMAN, LONDON - Peter Cameron Antique Silver
Other finds:
1 scrappy
1 broken Tudor Clothes Fastener
Lead Cloth Seal
Rose Farthing
1/4 Hammered
Bits...
What a weekend, I should leave Dad at home more often.
UPDATE:
I wish it was better news, as I would have loved to have contacted the present family but its a deadend right now. Here are the experts thoughts so far:
'The nearest I can get to it is for the Clement family but as can be seen from this link the thing wrong with it are the roundels (bezants) instead of the stars (mullets) Peyton Clements - Clements Coat of Arms
The heraldic description for your seal will be something like 'argent two bends wavy sable, in chief gules three mullets of five Or' in English it means, 'on a silver background two black wavy diagonal lines, above, a red line with three gold stars of five points each'. Can you confirm if the crest is a Pegasus or a winged lion as it isn't too clear from the image, it may help my research?'
I replied 'Griffin';
'The Clements family may still be in the frame as there is a branch from Harwich that had a sitting griffin on a mount as their crest A Dictionary of Suffolk Crests: Heraldic Crests of Suffolk Families - Joan Corder - Google Books
It is possible that this branch changed the coat of arms slightly from what I sent you yesterday to the design you have to distinguish that branch from the others.'
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Very cool.
