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Description: | An incomplete lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. Part of one disc survives intact, along with a small section of the lead rivet. At the top the disc has apparently been cut, whch may suggest that it was once part of a larger 4-part seal, or at least had a second disc, all of which are now missing due to old breaks. The front face of the disc is decorated with a square shield containing a central vertical band. To the left of the shield are traces of now illegible lettering. The back face of the disc is flattened and at its centre has a small globular knop that forms part of the now incomplete, integral rivet. A thin horizontal casting seam is visible running accross the middle of the disc. This face is undecorated but there are cross-hatched impressions left behind by the cloth that it was once attached to. It measures 16.30mm in diameter and weighs 2.38g. Shields are apparent on a variety of lead cloth seals in the early Post-Medieval period (see for example Egan, 1995: Figs. 39-40). The precise provenance of the shield on the current example remains uncertain, however it probably indicates a date range from the 16th-18th centuries, or perhaps even a little later. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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