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SEAL

Unique ID: NMS-CB4C21

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Post medieval lead seal of continental issuer, possible Hanseatic. Discoidal with a broken D-shaped loop projecting from one edge, now folded over. One face exhibits an eagle displayed, head facing left. The other face exhibits a garnished shield divided in two , one half exhibits two unidentified objects in saltire, the other side a three-legged cooking pot.

See Egan (1994, pp. 116 and 196, fig. 45) for seals of similar design, notably nos. 334 & 338, which are tentatively identified as Hanseatic issues. Several were discovered in an apparently English wreck off the coast of Norway, dated to the 1630s or 1640s.

LON-9485E4 is a very close parallel, and BH-060A30 also has a spread eagle and a tripod cooking vessel. Geoff Egan suggested in LON-9485E4 that they may be the seals of brass founders. Stuart Elton has identified the items in saltire as crossed spoons, and gives further examples attached to metalwork (www.bagseals.org; BSG.OS.00116).

Thanks to Paul Cannon for help with the identification of this seal.

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 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 17 g
Diameter: 32 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd November 2018 - Friday 2nd November 2018

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 49071
Other reference: NHRG122018

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Marsham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG1924
Four figure Latitude: 52.76916281
Four figure longitude: 1.24492329
1:25K map: TG1924
1:10K map: TG12SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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