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Kay Hartley Mortarium Project
Overview | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3
1.0 Border-None | |
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The stamp has no border pattern and no frame line. | |
DARES DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 82k | |
ALBINVS 1 DIE 6, Leicester 325k Fine guideline below (or above) letters, is not a Class 2.0 Frame border. | |
SATVRNINVS 1 DIE 1, Brockley Hill House 368k Two-line stamp. | |
2.0 Frame | |
Letters on the name or letter panel have a line framing them, with no other border pattern. Lines occur on all four sides. Or, lines appear at the top and bottom only, latter often due to the left and right sides being poorly impressed. | |
ALBINVS 1 DIE 2, Hayes, Kent Frame line sits away from top and bottom of letters. | |
DOINVS DIE 1, Leicester 239k Frame line sits close against letters. | |
MORICAMVLVS DIE 1A FECIT, London, Broad St. 30k Frame line only visible at top and bottom of letters. | |
2.1 Frame-None | |
Letters have no frame line surrounding and dividing them from the border pattern. | |
SOLLVS DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 142k No frame line between name panel and chevron border. | |
3.0 Ansate End | |
Handle shape (ansate) on left and right sides of the stamp. | |
L.ARRIVS CAPIT[ DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 168k Ansate end extend at stamp edges, dividing lines within handle. | |
Q. RVTILIVS RIPANVS DIE 2, British Museum 36k Ansate end extends at stamp edge, dividing line within handle. | |
Q. RVTILIVS RIPANVS DIE 3, Canterbury 46k Ansate end extends at stamp edge, X within handle. | |
MARINVS or MARTINVS DIE 1A FECIT, Leicester 237k Handle formed by bounding lines, within the stamp impression. | |
SECVNDVS DIE 1, Silchester 11k Handle formed by bounding triangles, within the stamp impression. | |
4.0 Bar | |
Border divided by bars, alignment varies. | |
4.1 Bar-Vertical | |
Bars vertical. | |
AVDIIX DIE 1, Aylesbury Museum 10k Top and bottom borders have vertical bars, length of bars may vary between borders. | |
DOINVS DIE 3A, Guildhall Museum 269k Bars in top and bottom borders may vary, some thickened at base appear like triangles. | |
SEXTVS VALERIVS DIE 1, Southwark Cathedral 2k Short vertical bars can appear like dots, no frame line. | |
4.2 Bar-Diagonal | |
Bars diagonal. | |
MARINVS 1 DIE 2, Verulamium 30k Top and bottom border diagonals are in same direction. | |
MARINVS 1 DIE 1A FECIT, Silchester 8k Top and bottom border diagonals are in same direction. Left and right border diagonal are in the same direction | |
MELVS 1 DIE 1, Richborough 18k Diagonal bar spacing varies, narrower in top border. | |
4.3 Bar-2Directions | |
Bars slope in two directions within a single border. | |
MERTVMARVS DIE 1, Brockley Hill 41k Central V where bar direction changes. | |
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 4A FECIT, Corfe Castle Central V divided by vertical bar as direction changes. | |
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 5, Verulamium 188k Central V divided by an X as bar direction changes. | |
4.4 Bar-Reversed | |
Bars slope direction reversed in top and bottom border, or left and right sides. | |
ATEPAC[ 1 DIE 1, Staines 42K | |
CATVLLVS DIE 3, Westgate Court, Thanet 22K Border size almost matches letter size. | |
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 5A FECIT, London, Gresham St. 680k Bars reversed in left and right borders. | |
4.5 Bar-Horizontal | |
Bars horizontal. | |
AVDIIX DIE 1, Aylesbury Museum 10k Left border has bars horizontal | |
MARINVS 1 DIE 8, London 886k Left border has bars horizontal. | |
4.6 Bar-Interlocked | |
Bars interlocked and arranged alternately. | |
DOCCAS DIE 1, Towcester 6k Bars interlocked, additional diagonal bars on name panel inside frame line. | |
4.7 Bar-Dot | |
Bars with dots within spaces. | |
CANDIDVS 1 DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 240k Bars with single dot within spaces, some dots appear triangular | |
CANDIDVS 1 DIE 1A FECIT, British Museum 125k Bars with one or two dots within spaces and wavy strands. | |
BRVSCIVS DIE 1 Mancetter 4 W71 18/8 4 Bars with single dot within spaces. | |
5.0 Chevron | |
Repeated V shape chevrons in a row. | |
SOLLVS DIE 1, Guildhall Museum 142k Fine lined, angular, symmetrical chevrons, letters have no frame line. | |
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 5A FECIT, Melandra Castle 8K Chevron has broken point, does not meet or close. Some may be due to poor impression. | |
GERMANVS 1 DIE 1, Lewes Museum 5k Chevron point ill-defined, almost curved appearance, letters have no frame line. | |
5.1 Chevron-2Directions | |
Chevrons point in two directions within a single border. | |
MATVGENVS 1 DIE 2A ALBINI.F, Holditch 9k Change of direction of chevrons forms a central cross. | |
5.2 Chevron-Reversed | |
Chevrons reversed in top and bottom borders, or left and right sides. | |
Q. RVTILIVS RIPANVS DIE 3, Canterbury 46k | |
SOLLVS DIE 2, 141k Annetwell Street, Carlisle | |
5.3 Chevron-Dot | |
G. ATTIVS MARINVS DIE 2A FECIT, Wilderspool 81k Chevron with broken point and dots inserted. Diagonal bars on letter panel inside frame line. | |
6.0 Herringbone | |
Repeated chevrons along a straight central spine, usually symmetrical. | |
MAXI DIE 1, Whitton, Castle Hill, Ipswich Herringbone bars and spine symmetrical. | |
RAMOTVS DIE 1, London, Gresham Street 639k Herringbone bars not entirely symmetrical. | |
6.1 Herringbone-Linked | |
Repeated chevrons linked by a short line, asymmetrical. | |
LALLAIVS DIE 1, London, Cheapside 852k Chevrons linked. | |
MARINVS 1 DIE 3A FECIT, Castleshaw, Manchester Mus. Linked chevrons point in two directions in single border with dividing line between. | |
6.2 Herringbone-Reversed | |
Chevrons in herringbone reversed in top and bottom borders, or left and right sides. | |
LOCCIVS PROB(us) DIE 1, Kirton Lindsey 1k | |
LOCCIVS PROB(us) DIE 2, Shenstone | |
7.0 Cross | |
Crosses, separate or joined form lozenges or lattice. | |
Unattributed FECIT 1, Guildhall Museum 248k Separate crosses in a row, no frame line. | |
7.1 Cross-Lozenge | |
Crosses form linked lozenges. | |
INCOMPLETE 1, Brockley Hill 269k Bottom border, regular symmetrical lozenges. | |
BRVCCIVS DIE 3, Verulamium 149k Irregular lozenges, no frame line. | |
7.2 Cross-Lattice | |
Crosses overlap to form a lattice. | |
INCOMPLETE 42, Verulamium 323k Top border lattice, distinguished from cross or lozenge by more than one row. | |
TMH DIE 1, Verulamium 176k Top border lattice has square divisions. | |
8.0 Zig-zag | |
Zig-zag line. | |
Trademark 42, Guildhall Museum 271k Zig-zag line in botton border. | |
8.1 Zig-zag-Dot | |
Zig-zag line with dots within spaces. | |
INCOMPLETE 12, Brockley Hill 268k Zig-zag line with mainly a single dot within triangular space. | |
9.0 Strand | |
One or more wavy strands. | |
GISSVS DIE 1A FECIT, British Museum 114k Band of two intertwined wavy strands. | |
10.0 Circle | |
Open circles. | |
MARINVS 1 DIE 4, Guildhall Museum 99k Open circles linked by interlaced strand, letters have feint guideline, but no frame line. | |
MARINVS 1 DIE 4A FECIT, London, Plantation Place 753k Open circles together with chevron on right border. | |
11.0 Dot | |
Separate row of dots. | |
FECIT 9, Itter Crescent, Peterborough 1k Row of dots on letter panel within frame line and flanked by other border patterns. | |
MART DIE 1, Verulamium 35k Row of dots on letter panel within frame line and flanked by other border patterns. | |
BONOXVS DIE 1, Birmingham Museum 5k Row of dots on name panel within frame line with no other border pattern. | |
12.0 Composite | |
Contains three or more patterns within a single border. | |
CASTVS DIE 1, Radlett 2k Composite top border from top to bottom: row of dots, lozenge with dots, zig-zag with dots, row of dots, no frame line. Left border has dots. | |
CASTVS DIE 1, Radlett 1k Composite bottom border, from bottom upwards: row of dots, lozenge with dots, chevron, row of dots, no frame line. | |
13.0 Sawtooth | |
Triangles in a row. | |
G. ATTIVS MARINVS DIE 7A FECIT, Manchester 11k Single row of triangles. | |
13.1 Sawtooth-double | |
Two opposing rows of triangles. | |
SIMILIS 2 DIE 1, Wroxeter 3k Two opposing rows of triangles. | |
SIMILIS 2 DIE 1, Leicester 16k Two opposing rows of triangles, some points offset in places. | |
14.0 Dashed Line | |
Line broken into segments. | |
MINOMELVS DIE 3, 23 Hartshill H60 5B 10 | |
MINOMELVS DIE 3, Hartshill H60 5B 10 |