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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: LANCUM-BA4EE7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast lead alloy early Modern chemical fertiliser bag seal post dating 1881. The left hand image seems to read PHOSPHATFABRIK HOYERMANN HANNOVER. The numerals and letters across the centre probably represent the quantity in the bag. The other face incorporates the firms logo with a monogram for PH. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 17.05g. For a description of the founder of the firm Gerhard Hoyermann see Gerhard Hoyermann, Wikipedia. The following is an extract: "he developed from phosphorus slag a blast furnace plant fertiliser 'basic slag' for agriculture. In 1881 he founded the Peine phosphate factory, which was followed by other factories in Germany, Bohemia and England.'"

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1881
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 17.05 g
Diameter: 20 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd April 2015 - Thursday 2nd April 2015

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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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Boroughbridge (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE3966
Four figure Latitude: 54.08843886
Four figure longitude: -1.40527344
1:25K map: SE3966
1:10K map: SE36NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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