No.471 Seal, Image by StuE, Found by PWS
Found in Colchester region.
Seal with long attachment tags. One side has some letters possibly N? CO above No. 471. The other side has an image on the rivet that could be a crowned shield similar to the Dutch Custom House one.
See PAS LON-8FDA34 "Lead-alloy seal for attachment to a cow's ear. One side has illegible lettering and possibly '78'; other side has a rampant animal with staff/sword all below crown. These seals attached to the ears of live animals imported from the Netherlands from c. 1814 on, probably into the 20th century (Geoff Egan, pers comm)."
From Jan van Oostveen, "It was only used for the tail and not for the ear. ... from authentic documentation from the mid-19th century where it is mentioned how these seals were used. [Scheffer, D.H., 1909. De Geslachtswet. Amsterdam.]" See Oostveen, J. van, 2019, Tax seals used in The Netherlands as proof that 'accijns op het geslacht' was paid.
