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Description: | A post medieval lead alloy two-part cloth seal dating 16th - early 17th century from Augsburg, Germany. This cloth seal comprises two discs interconnected by a bar. Disc one: a pine cone surrounded by a circle of pellets. Disc two: a bull with "AV" above and "GSPVRG" (normally "GSBVRG") on the body of the bull all surrounded by a circle of pellets. Egan (1994:106) writes: "seals from the fustians (mixed linen-warp and cotton-weft fabrics) of Augsburg, known to contemporaries in this country as 'Ousbrow or Augusta fustians', are among the most common and widespread of all the recorded imports in England, constituting almost one third of the Continental seals found here... The pine-cone on the stamps is the heraldic badge of the city...Sixteenth/early seventeenth century dating seems appropriate for these."Dimensions: length: 24.03 mm; diameter: 19.25 mm; weight: 11.17g.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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