Stamp Steal: Eagle, Spirals, and Guilloche

ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Bronze: Cu, 89.09; Sn, 9.55; Pb, 0.22; Zn, 0.49; Fe, 0.14; Ni, 0.16; Ag, 0.09; Sb, less than 0.05; As, 0.15; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, 0.105; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001 J. Riederer

XRF data from Artax 1 Alloy: Bronze Alloying Elements: copper, tin Other Elements: lead, zinc, iron, arsenic K. Eremin, January 2014

The patina is pale green and black. The stamp seal is intact, but some surfaces are not well preserved. The seal was cast by the lost-wax process with the designs for the stamp apparently done in the wax model prior to casting. Carol Snow (submitted 2002)