SEAL

Unique ID: LIN-C4FA78

Object type certainty: Certain

A post-medieval lead seal. The seal comprises a circular disc with decoration on both sides and an incomplete joining arm. The disc is decorated on one side with an unclear motif in the form of a crook or hook. The other side depicts what appears to be a small rowing boat with a star above it.

Similar one sided dyers seals depicting rowing boats with stars above are known from the London waterfront; one is illustrated in Egan, 1995, 'Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum', British Museum Occassional Paper No. 93, p. 98, no. 290 & fig. 37.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Length: 25 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Diameter: 14 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

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

Personal details

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

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    Created: Tuesday 10th January 2012
    Updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012

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