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Pair of Silver Seal Matrices (© Grosvenor Museum)
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© Grosvenor Museum

Pair of Silver Seal Matrices

Artist: John Roos (active 1704 - 1720)

Location: Grosvenor Museum

Date: 1706

Materials: silver

Dimensions: 14 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £40,000)

Vendor: David Morris

Review number: 4276 (1996)

Provenance:
Used by the Exchequer of the County Palatine of Chester 1706-1830; Phillip Humberson, Seal Keeper of the Chester Exchequer, a partner in the firm of Chester solicitors whose successors sold them at Phillips, Chester, 2.11.94; present owner

Description:
Dated 1706. Both matrices inscribed.

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