Site: 18ST390 Mattapany-Sewall
Context: Magazine Area Plowzone,
Lot 13
Magazine Date Range: c. 1660-1690
Metal: Copper alloy
Tine Length: 0.7”
Leather Thickness: 0.2”
Description:
Double-rose motif. Some Tudor Rose symbols show side-by-side roses indicative
of the white and red roses that were emblems of the families in the
War of the Roses. Most examples show the two roses superimposed on one
another, such as in this
example from the same site.
Naval Air Station Patuxent River.