File:Early Modern, Complete seal matrix or stamp, reading 'STOCKTON' (Impression) (FindID 736775).jpg

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Early Modern: Complete seal matrix or stamp, reading 'STOCKTON' (Impression)
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2015-08-17 13:05:07
Title
Early Modern: Complete seal matrix or stamp, reading 'STOCKTON' (Impression)
Description
English: A complete copper alloy seal matrix of Early Modern dating (19th to 20th Centuries AD).

The seal matrix consists of a rectangular engraved device and an integrally cast square section shank. The shank gradually tapers to a point. The device consists of the word 'STOCKTON'.

The square sectioned shank allows the seal matrix to be held in a wooden handle.

The seal matrix measures 25.1 mm in length, 33.6 mm width and 5.8 mm. It weighs 20.7 grams.

It is a dark green colour, with an even surface patina.

Few seal matrixes of this style have been recorded, but with the shank designed to fit into a wooden handle, it is of Early Modern dating (19th to 20th Centuries AD).

It has been suggested that this seal matrix or stamp is related to that of the Stafford Pottery, Stockton on Tees, Yorkshire. This pottery was run by William Smith & Co between 1825 and 1855, then George Skinner & Co between 1855 and 1870, and finally by Skinner and Walker between 1870 and 1880. All three used a printed or impressed 'STOCKTON' as part of the back stamp. However the size of the stamp is more suggestive that it might have been used by the Stockton Brick company.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 1825 and 1880
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 736775
Old ref: WMID-1CC697
Filename: WMID1CC697_impression.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/529235
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/529235/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/736775
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 2 December 2020)
Object location52° 42′ 48.24″ N, 2° 12′ 47.27″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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