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Description: | Lead-alloy bag or sack seal with London shield, dating from the post-medieval period, probably from around AD 1661. The seal is a four-part seal which was folded over and sealed. It was composed of two square central panels, a circle on one side and a circular panel with intregral knop/rivet on the other sides. The seal was used by folding it over in the middle, pushing the knop through the circle and hammering in flat on the other side. The seal was officiated with two stamps on the sqaure panels which are still somewhat visible: a (probably not crowned) portcullis with 1661 above and a square shield with 2 x three lions/three fleurs-de-lys in opposing corners on the other side. It is possible that the number 1661 indicates the actual date of then the item was traded across England. | Subjects: | Lead | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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