Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
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Unique ID: SUR-83A407
Object type certainty: Certain
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A lead cloth seal from Berkshire.
The seal is a complete four-lobe seal (the two smaller lobes are blank).
Side 1. BERKSHEIR, TP ligated.
Side 2. Lion on cap (lion statant on chapeau), CR at sides.
Notes:
See comment from Paul Cannon below.
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1685
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.55 mm
Width: 17.74 mm
Weight: 7.92 g
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Other reference: 11-180
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SU7156
Four figure Latitude: 51.298708
Four figure longitude: -0.983016
1:25K map: SU7156
1:10K map: SU75NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.
Geoff Egan illustrated a seal with identical features to this one [Lead Cloth Seals & Related Items in the British Museum (1994); No. 53, fig. 18]. One face is identical "lion statant on chapeau, CR to sides" -the other face has the same TP ligature but in this instance has the county name Kent instead. This might suggest that the alnager for Kent and Berkshire were the same person at this time. The above description suggests an S or C in the field by the lion. Is this not more likely to be the S shaped tail of the lion? Also that the lion sits on a helm - from the image of the seal I believe it to be a chapeau (or cap of maintenence) and not a helm.