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Description: | An incomplete lead bag seal of post-medieval date (AD 1500-1700). The seal consists of a single disk with an impressed royal seal on one side, the reverse is blank. This seal would have consisted of two or four joined and folder/pressed disks, however in this instance only this disk remains. The seal would have had a perforated hole running across its diameter, this and the other disk aspects are missing due to an old break. The within the hole would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag.The seal would have been stamped on both sides which would have conveyed information regarding the material the seal was attached to, details of the manufacturer, the name of the Quality Control Officer and possibly a code for the location at which the Officer worked or the registered number of the sealing tongs he used.Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities database, Unique ID: SWYOR-323955, SF-1C1253.The metal is a mid cream in colour.
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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