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Finder
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County
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Date Recorded
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Hidden
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DEVON
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Sun June 15, 2008
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Recorded By
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Views
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Validated by
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Hidden
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1186
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Rod Blunt
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Material
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Size (mm)
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Date
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Lead
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26mm x 13mm
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Circa 1630 - 1650
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Description:
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A four-part cloth seal dating to the mid 17th century. One of the inner discs has the initials, R.S in a beaded circle, possibly with an inscription around. The other inner disc has a cock standing in a beaded lozenge. The two discs of the outer (riveted) pair are plain.
The seal referenced below survives only as a single inner disc with the initials RS encircled by the inscription + SVFFOLKE. However, the author comments:
"Similar Suffolk and Essex seals for the alnager RS are known in London and from a wreck off the south coast of Norway, dated to the 1630s - early 1640s (Molaug 1980, 181-2). The other inner disc is known with a crowned harp or cock (e.g. for the latter M.O.L. ABO92 acc. nos. 789, 1051, 1055, the first of these being excavated together with ceramics dated to 1630-50)."
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Keywords:
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Cloth Seal
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Object Type:
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Seal
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Object Classification:
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Cloth
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Object Sub-classification:
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Alnage (?)
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Object Description:
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Object Inscription:
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R.S
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Period:
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Date Range:
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Circa 1630 - 1650
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Primary Material:
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Lead
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Additional Material:
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Method of Manufacture:
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Cast and die-stamped
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Surface Treatment:
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Weight (grams):
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Size (mm):
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26mm x 13mm
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References:
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Cf. Geoff Egan, Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum, No.100.
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Comments:
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Findspot:
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Barnstaple
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County:
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DEVON
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Recorded elsewhere:
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No
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Finder:
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Hidden
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Metal Detector Used:
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Nexus SE
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Record validated by:
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Rod Blunt
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UKDFD Copyright 2007
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;)
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