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SEAL
Unique ID: YORYM-D65394
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead bag seal of late post-medieval date. The seal is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by holes running across its diameter which would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag.
Both sides are stamped with a central motif in a bordered roundel. On one side the image depicts a bird, most probably a pelican and the other side shows a pelican feeding its chicks with blood from its breast. Much of the text around both these images is obscured but from what remains it can be determined that the text reads "G & T EARLE LIMITED HULL" who were ship-owners and cement manufacturers in the early 20th century.
The metal is a mid greyish-white colour and is worn. The seal is 21.8mm in diameter, 4.1mm thick and weighs 9.6g.
Class: Bag
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 9.6 g
Diameter: 21.8 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hessle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0125
Four figure Latitude: 53.711657
Four figure longitude: -0.471205
1:25K map: TA0125
1:10K map: TA02NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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