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STAMP
Unique ID: NARC-06ABA2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast lead or lead alloy stamp of late Post-Medieval to Modern date (AD 1750-1900) The object is possibly a hand-held stamp with a movable aspect. The object is T-shaped with individual rectangular letter stamps within central recess. The right hand outer edge has a circular perforation through which is a banded iron screw with circular terminating knop. This mechanism would facilitated the letters within the stamp to be exchanged. The back of the object is flat with a projecting spur which is sub-rectangular with an inward tapering end. Both left and right hand edges are rounded.
The retained lettering reads: W ҉ T/D[..] (eight petaled flower between two initials)
The metal is a dark grey in colour with a predominantly smooth patina
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: HAMP-814E17, SWYOR-588A40 and WMID-6CB757
Length: 58.52mm, Width: 23.30mm, Thickness: 10.42mm, Weight: 41.0g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.52 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 10.42 mm
Weight: 41 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Overstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7965
Four figure Latitude: 52.27748139
Four figure longitude: -0.8435067
1:25K map: SP7965
1:10K map: SP76NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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