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An incomplete lead alloy cloth seal, of either Modern date or Russian origin.
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Museum of London, Kate Sumnall, 2010-03-10 10:25:34
Title
An incomplete lead alloy cloth seal, of either Modern date or Russian origin.
Description
English: An incomplete lead alloy cloth seal, of either Modern date or Russian origin. The lead alloy seal has few distinguishing features, but has a transverse groove visible at the outer edges indicating it has been formed from two discs hammered together as a seal. No privy marks are visible. There is a slight lip to the seal making up around 25% of the disc’s outer edge. The lead alloy is a pale grey colour.

Dimensions: thickness: 6.51mm; diameter: 20.4mm; weight: 9.28g.

Identification and dating by Tony Pilson and Ian Smith based on foreshore context.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1700 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 287649
Old ref: LON-047024
Filename: Pilson - small cloth seal - Nov 09.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/241480
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/241480/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/287649
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Object location51° 30′ 33.84″ N, 0° 04′ 59.19″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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