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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: DEV-95F20D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead 2-part cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1700. The outer edge of both discs has been lost, effectively leaving only the integral rivet. One face is stamped with a chevron-barred intial A for Augsburg, the other with the initials E/F V/W, surmounted by a crescent between two pellets.
Dimensions: diameter 13.6mm; thickness 2.8mm; weight 1.71g.
Seals from Augsburg date to the 16th and 17th centuries and are by far the most commonly continental seals found within Britain (Egan 1994: 106). This example is unusal in being stamped with intials rather than the heraldic symbol of the city, the pinecone, cf. ibid fig. 41, nos. 308-310.
Notes:
Previously on the database as the unfinished record DEV-6A2503, mis-identified as a token.
Inscription:
A // E W or E V or F W or F V
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 1.71 g
Diameter: 13.6 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 19266
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: North Devon (District)
Parish or ward: South Molton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS7025
Four figure Latitude: 51.0096489
Four figure longitude: -3.854426
1:25K map: SS7025
1:10K map: SS72NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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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