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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: NMS-33A701
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, circular, diameter 32mm. Ornate shield with three crowns, with date, 15 to the left, 7[-] to the right, inscription around ]COLCESTER IO[. A seal of the Dutch immigrant community. The date 1571 refers to the year when this type of seal started to be manufactured, and the design was in use up to 1728 (Egan 1994, 29), so this example dates to between AD 1571 and 1728.
Inscription:
COLCESTER IO
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1571
Date to: Exactly AD 1728
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 20021
Other reference: BKLG2012
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Keswick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1994 | Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum | London | Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum |
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