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Secular seal

late 13th–14th century
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueSilver (93.6% silver, 4.3% copper, 1.3% gold, .8% lead)
Dimensions2.1 x 1.5 x 2.3 cm (13/16 x 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number63.1078
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1963, Claude Blair, London; 1963, sold by Blair to the MFA for $500. (Accession Date: September 18, 1963)
Box
mid-14th century
Bow Fibula
first half of 6th century
second half of 14th–first third of 15th century
Detail: Virgin & Child, view 2
second half of 15th century (?)
Engraved bowl
last third of 12th–first third of 13th century
Buckle
mid 6th–7th century
Dinanderie Lectern
about 1500 or 17th century
Restricted
late 13th–14th century