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Description: | A fragment of a post medieval glass wine bottle, containing the seal. The seal is roughly circular with the initials I.H. above an oval containing a skull and crossbones. Part of the outer border of the seal has broken off, and around the seal only a small amount of the bottle's body remains. The glass is badly corroded and is a sandy brown colour. The inside of the fragment has lines of silvery corrosion, and in section the fragment has split into many thin layers. The fragment measures 46.3mm x 37.2mm x 9.8mm (max.) and weighs 15.62gThese seals were used on seventeenth and eighteenth century wine bottles to identify the owner, and the skull and crossbones would have been used to identify a particular person, shop or location rather than to signify danger (as seen on later poison bottles).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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