ROMAN SEAL BOX
Description of Object:
Enamelled roman seal Box. For sealing messages, cases and other items with value. Two sections each 2cms square, the pattern and enamel is still visible, especially the orange dots.
Discussion:
Very skilled work, highly decorative and probably quite expensive, again an usual and rare item
Date of Object:
2nd century AD.
Find-spot:
Collector B L Vawdrey does not state where this object was found but a large proportion of objects similar to this were known to have been found in Kinderton, Middlewich where he was once resident at Kinderton Hall.
Dimensions:
2cm square
Location:
Held in a private collection belonging to Peter Moore-Dutton of Tushingham
