PUBLIC-29032A: Post-medieval stamp or printing block

Rights Holder: Lincolnshire County Council
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DIE STAMP

Unique ID: PUBLIC-29032A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A possible post-medieval printers stamp or leather workers punch.

The item has a square shaped face with a narrow handle of square section that tapers the apex. The face is decorated with a fleur-de-lis design at the top-center with symmetrical curved designs in the bottom left and right and lines emerging from the fleur.

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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20.31 mm
Height: 39.26 mm
Width: 19.05 mm
Thickness: 4.52 mm
Weight: 21.03 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Lincoln (District)
Parish or ward: Minster (District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK9873
Four figure Latitude: 53.24498481
Four figure longitude: -0.53284939
1:25K map: SK9873
1:10K map: SK97SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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