Record ID: LIN-6EEC92 - MODERN seal

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SEAL

Unique ID: LIN-6EEC92

Object type certainty: Certain

A modern lead alloy seal from a bag of fertliser made by the Anglo-Continental Guano Works of Silvertown, London. The seal dates circa 1914-1937. The seal is oval, flat and decorated on both sides. The obverse reads: [ANGL]O CONT[INENTAL WORKS LONDON] around LATE OHLEN[DORFF], and on the reverse: TRADE MARK with the image of a cornucopia between the two words.

Anglo-Continental, originally Ohlendorff & Co., had been founded in 1873, and remained a German company until the First World War, when it was reconstituted under British control. It was taken over in 1937 by Fisons Ltd. and closed in 1946. The guano, which was bird or bat excrement, was brought over from Peru. This seal still shows the Ohlendorff name (LATE). Later just the cornucopia trademark remained. Bailey (2000) illustrates a similar example on page 19, Fig.16.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1914
Date to: Circa AD 1937

Dimensions and weight

Length: 24 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: West Lindsey
To be known as: Gainsborough

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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