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Description: | An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy two-part cloth seal, 16th-17th century. The find consists of a two-part cloth seal with one complete disc with an internal rivet, and an incomplete disc that would have had a central pierced hole. The obverse of the complete disc has been stamped with a privy mark of the initial E; another initial may have been present but this side of the disc is badly worn and has folded in towards the reverse slightly. At the reverse of this disc are the remains of an internal rivet surrounded by a good deal of concretion. The strip of alloy linking the two discs has been folded over almost at ninety degrees. The second disc that would have been a ring with a central hole has broken so that the loop is no longer complete. The seal is a grey-black colour and is covered with a small amount of pale concretion. Dimensions: length (approx.): 41.84mm; thickness: 1.45mm; diameter: 22.92mm; weight: 7.58g.Identification and dating by Tony Pilson and Ian Smith based on foreshore context.Reference: Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper 93. The British Museum Press; London.
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