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Unique ID: SOM-7C48C6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post-Medieval lead London Dyer's Cloth seal, dating to AD 1613-1800. A two-disc seal with the connecting strip surviving intact. The first disc is stamped with a cart wheel, with +RICH: GOSSAGE around. The second disc is plain.
Dimensions: length 19.7mm; width 15.8mm; thickness 3.5mm; weight 4.92g.
Similar seal can be seen on this databse, LON-490183, on Bagseals.org, BSG.CS.00851, as well as in the Museum of London's collections, 81.4/16 and 81.4/15. These seals all feature a stamp on the reverse, and none clearly feature the abreviation of Richard seen here.
Inscription:
RICH: GOSSAGE
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1613
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.7 mm
Width: 15.8 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 4.92 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Monday 5th June 2017
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Other reference: SCC receipt: 019191
4 Figure: ST6318
Four figure Latitude: 50.96022874
Four figure longitude: -2.52820251
1:25K map: ST6318
1:10K map: ST61NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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