Detail of a seventeenth-century glass seal from Kirby Hall, with a scale bar

Date:
8 Mar 2019
Location:
Kirby Hall, Kirby Lane, Gretton, Corby, Northamptonshire
Reference:
DP247611
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Artefact number 88377439. Photographer's note: 'A glass oval prunt, or glass seal, depicting the monogram 'CH' (Christopher Hatton, c.1605-1670), surmounted by a coronet and set within a pelleted border. The coronet is set with four pearls signifying the rank of baron. This object would have originally been mounted to a bottle of wine or spirits from Hatton's cellar.'

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/29209 Kirby Hall, Gretton, Corby, Northamptonshire; within the Volume: VF000175 Kirby Hall, Gretton, Corby, Northamptonshire; within the Series: EHC01/002 EH Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Payne, Patricia

Keywords

Country House, Archaeology, Exhibition