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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: DEV-0DC007
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An extremely worn post medieval lead alloy cloth seal, dating to AD 1800-1900.
The object is extremely worn and the design does not survive in good condition, its perimeter is frayed and surface is irregular. There is a design of a standing female figure in classical dress bearing a staff, gesticulating towards a number of busts placed within circles. There are two busts in one ring, and one in another. There are numbers in a 19th century style font placed beneath these, which read "1857" beneath the single bust and "1850" beneath the double bust. Given the context, they could possibly represnent Victoria and Albert, but if the numbers are dates they do not match the death date of Albert or any other significant date within the relationship, although they could represent a possible visit, but the most famous visit of the two monarchs to Devon was a trip to Brixham in 1843. There are representations of female figures on other cloth tokens, such as SF-73AAF4 and SOM-B25826 although these are more clearly angels and do not have the associated busts and numbers present in this example.
Measurements: 23.6mm diameter, weight 7.85g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.85 g
Diameter: 23.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2021 - Saturday 4th September 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt 019636
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Stoke Fleming (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX8749
Four figure Latitude: 50.33006171
Four figure longitude: -3.58897325
1:25K map: SX8749
1:10K map: SX89SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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