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Unique ID: LANCUM-B33971
Object type certainty: Certain
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Cast lead alloy bag-seal G&T Earle Hull Limited, Pelican brand cement bag seal.dating to the Early Modern period c.19th century AD. The seal is circular, folded and the lower tab is missing. The obverse surface depicts a pelican in her piety, within a plain border. The outer plain border encloses the inscription,' +GAJ TARLJ TOP?.' The length is 23mm, the width is 19mm. G & T Earle, a major cement manufacturer established in the early 19th century, recorded the trade name 'Pelican' cement in September 1897" (UKDFD Ref. No. - 15416).
Egan, G., 1994 Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum London : Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum, 116-7 ,
Class:
Bag
Sub class: Cement
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1897
Date to: Circa AD 1940
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd August 2015 - Saturday 22nd August 2015
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4 Figure: SD6942
Four figure Latitude: 53.87327018
Four figure longitude: -2.47296584
1:25K map: SD6942
1:10K map: SD64SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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