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Re: Lead bag and cloth seals

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StuE wrote:French sugar bag seal - http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2040 (took me 10 seconds! ;) )
You must be getting old mate that long thanks :hahaha:
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Your not wrong but I still get about a bit - :wheels:
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StuE wrote:Your not wrong but I still get about a bit - :wheels:
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Sorry about the poor nick Stu. Found by a club member near Wilberfoss, East Yorks;
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Thanks Stu :g50:

Is it possible to date it please.
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Probably but best I can manage is around first half of the 20th century :) I will buzz you if more is added.
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Thanks Stu :g50:
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Tom handed me a box of finds from the eighties to photograph.
This bag seal has copper wire and looks interesting.
Banstead Down, Surrey.
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chasm_norwich wrote:Tom handed me a box of finds from the eighties to photograph.
This bag seal has copper wire and looks interesting.
Banstead Down, Surrey.
It's a Post Office seal - http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2796
Lots of other types on that page and the next
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Can you please confirm Stu if this is an German Augsberg fustian seal?
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Yes Kev a post mid-16th century Augsburg cloth seal due to the upper-case A. The stylised pinecone goes the other way up! - http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3453
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Many thanks Stu - it was a bit earlier than I had thought but goes well with some of the finds from that site :beer
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This may be part of a cloth seal.
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Thanks - probably is the rivet disc from a cloth seal - http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.ph ... emId=35791 Nice but I've no idea - shame no inscription or more of the rove disc!
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