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Description: | Two-part lead cloth seal. There are two, roughly circular faces. These are folded tightly together and joined by a small strip of metal. The seal has a design on one face and is undecorated on the other. Around the outside edge of the decorated face is an inscription enclosed by a thin raised border. However, parts of this are either highly eroded or missing altogether, rendering the inscription practically illegible. Only the letters SV and possibly L are visible. In the centre of this is the arms of England surmounted by a crown. To the left of the arms is a pellet and possibly a sun (though part of this is missing), to the right a rose. This design is similar to that on a copper-alloy matrix from Wiltshire (no.104) listed in Egan's 'Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum'. No.110 and 111 in the same book also bear this design on one face, though, unlike this seal, these both have an ??F?? on the reverse (presumably indicating faulty goods). Interestingly one of these (no.111) comes from either Somerset, or more likely Dorset. Egan suggests that the sun and rose motifs make a late fifteenth century date plausible, though such stamps may have continued in use for some time. The metal is whitish-brown-grey in colour and very eroded.
Width at widest point: 31.0mm, Thickness: 4.7mm.
Weight: 13.1g | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Booth, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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