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Ipswich, first common seal, 1200
Ipswich, first common seal, 1200. It depicts a sailing vessel circa 1200. The earliest representation of a rudder of modern form, i.e. with the blade wholly aft of the rudder-post and slung to the after side of the stern-post by pintles and gudgeons, in any European vessel. Inscription obverse: 'S' COMVNITATIS . VILLE . GYPEWICI'. Two casts mounted on a emulsioned plywood backboard with a label.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0032 |
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| Type: | Seal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Ipswich |
| Date made: | 1200 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 6 mm x 72 mm |
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