Fob seal matrix bearing the coat of arms of a member of the Scofield family [realia].
1680
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library Z.d.37
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Title
Fob seal matrix bearing the coat of arms of a member of the Scofield family [realia].
Created/published
1680.
Description
1 object ; length 3 cm diameter of matrix 2 cm
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Condition
Metal object: handle with gloves.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library Z.d.37
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
Z.d.37
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "This seventeenth century English heraldic fob seal matrix was made for a member of the Schofield family. At the heraldic visitation of Lancashire made by Sir William Dugdale (1605-1686) in 1664 the Scofield (or Schofield) family of Scofield were recorded as entitled to bear “Argent a Fess between three Bull’s Heads couped Gules.” The sealing of letters with wax was a ubiquitous aspect of early modern correspondence, however relatively few seal matrices of this kind have survived." Ordered from Samuel Gedge, D 9208, 2018-05-21, catalog 26, item 21.
Folger accession
270647