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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"LIN-C4FA78","id":"480499","objecttype":"SEAL","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-01-10 14:48:08","broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL","updated":"2012-01-10 14:49:00","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4F0C4FA7001F05","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"createdBy":"54","curr_loc":null,"inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"480499","old_findID":"LIN-C4FA78","uniqueID":"PAS4F0C4FA7001F05","objecttype":"SEAL","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":"25","height":null,"width":null,"thickness":"2","diameter":"14","quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL","numdate1":"1600","numdate2":"1700","description":"
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-01-10 14:48:08","updated":"2012-01-10 14:49:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"reason":null,"username":"adaubney","fullname":"Adam Daubney","institution":"LIN","usernameUpdate":"adaubney","fullnameUpdate":"Adam Daubney","primaryMaterial":"Lead","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Incomplete","preservation":null,"cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"POST MEDIEVAL","periodTo":"POST MEDIEVAL","culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":" Adam Daubney","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":" Adam Daubney","county":"LINCOLNSHIRE","parish":null,"district":"WEST LINDSEY","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":null,"map25k":"SK8286","map10k":"SK88NW","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":"Gainsborough","source":"From Finder","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"363322","f":"LIN2012-68.jpg","imagedir":"images\/adaubney\/"}]}