File:Cloth seal of possible post-medieval date depicting a mermaid and marked FC c. 1500-1700AD. (FindID 993574).jpg

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Cloth seal of possible post-medieval date depicting a mermaid and marked FC c. 1500-1700AD.
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National Museum Wales , Susie White, 2020-02-17 15:21:08
Title
Cloth seal of possible post-medieval date depicting a mermaid and marked FC c. 1500-1700AD.
Description
English: Lead cloth seal of possible post-medieval date (c. 1500-1700AD).  The obverse has the image of a mermaid holding something in her hand.  Either side of her are the letters HP.  This most likely represents the cloth worker. The reverse has the deeply impressed serif lettering FC, with a possible O above.

Diameter: 19.1mm; thickness: 3.6mm; weight: 6.55g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Flintshire
Date between 1500 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 993574
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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/1092862
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1092862/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/993574
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