Record ID: IOW-5889E4
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead unifaced disc, probably a trade seal of late 16th to 17th century date. The seal bears a design consisting of a shield with heraldic devices and counter-marked with 24 to left and S to right. The object has an even buff patina overall.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-CA1FC7
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern cast lead alloy Russian bag seal, dated 180[.]. One side reads (flower)NP/WS[.]/180[.]; the other side reads MA/EMAP/7NHO/H63. Length 22.3mm, width 20.5mm, thickness 6.4mm, weight 9.78g.
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holymoorside and Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-279765
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval or Modern uniface bag or bale seal. It is circular ln plan and has a slot through the seal from edge to edge. One face is blank and the other is stamped with crossed keys with a number 1 between the handles. Many similar seals can be seen on the internet bag seal gallery at http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php. The records there note that this is a Russian bale seal for flax and cites Fig.81 p.63, John Sullivan, 'Russian Cloth Seals in Britain Trade, Textiles and Origins', 2012. The reference states that the distinctive cross-key motif is derived from the Arms of…
Created on: Tuesday 30th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wantage', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-68DD12
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead Russian bale seal dating from the 1790s. The damaged sub-round seal measures 22.7mm by 21.1mm by 4.8mm and weighs 11.6g. Seals like these were used to monitor the quality of flax and hemp originating in Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. John Sullivan of St Andrews University has supplied the following information on the seal: The obverse (undated) side can be transcribed from the Cyrillic as follows: L D / I PLO / TNIK / N 6[9] The reverse (dated) side reads as follows: N P / R P 12 - / 179[3] Its interpretation is as follows: The Qu…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-ABD311
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Modern seal dating from about AD 1900 - 1950. The seal is a disc which has a diameter of 13.9mm and is 2.7m thick. It has the same design on both sides which appears to be two squirrels facing each other. This object was originally recorded as a token. There is some damage to one edge of the object which makes the design difficult to see clearly. The object has a yellowish patina and the damage does not seem to be recent. A better preserved example is CORN-B92BB3 which is described as: "two squirrels facing each other, each holding the top of a shield. There is a banne…
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-3C3D05
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval uniface lead seal or token. The upper surface is decorated with three conjoined circles within a rectangular pelleted border. Similar examples can be seen in Crummy CAR 5, page 34 number 1945-1948.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.