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Description: | A cast lead or lead alloy cloth seal. It is composed of two sub-circular discs linked with an integral ribbon. The ribbon is folded in half, thereby the two discs lay over each other. On disc has an ornate orb within a beaded border stamped on it. To the left of the orb there is an ??I??. The other disc has the bust, of what appears to be, Queen Anne. The bust faces left, with her wavy hair tied at the back of the head. A legend around the bust, starting at 7 o??clock reads ??ANNE ?? REGINA??. The surface of the seal has oxidised forming a cream coloured well developed patina. It measures 17.35mm long, 14.36mm wide and 3.87mm thick. It weighs 2.9g.
Cloth seals were in use between the 14th and 18th centuries (Egan, G. 1989 ??Leaden Seals for Textiles ?? Some Archaeological Evidence Relating to Fabric and Trade?? Costume No. 23) as a form of quality control. As this cloth seal appears to have the bust of Queen Anne, it probably dates to 1702 to 1714, the time of her reign. The ??I?? may represent the number of successive washes the cloth has had in woad to produce the blue cloth (Egan, G. 1992 Leaden Cloth Seals Finds Research Group 700-1700 Data Sheet 3). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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