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SEAL
Unique ID: SF-75DACE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead circular Russian control seal of 19th century date. This object was originally mis-identified as a cloth seal by the original recorder and has subsequently been corrected by Mr Paul Cannon. He notes:
The left hand image contains the word СМѣ.ЛА - older Russian Cyrillic for the town of Smila in Ukraine. The right hand image reads (from 7 o'clock) ГРАФОВЪ БОБРИНСКИХЪ ie Count Bobrinsky. One Alexei Grigorievich Bobrinsky was born the illegitimate son of Empress Catherine II of Russia in 1762. In 1796 he was elevated to the Russian aristocracy as a count/earl and in 1838 the family purchased the town of Smila.
The seal does not name the actual product to which it was attached. It is not a cloth seal as currently suggested. One possibility is that it relates to the sugar refineries built by family members close to Smila, though it could relate to other products. See http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CS%5CM%5CSmila.htm
This seal measures 19.73mm in diameter, 6.28mm in thickness, 14.97g in weight.
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
Thickness: 6.28 mm
Weight: 14.97 g
Diameter: 19.73 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Carlton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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