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Description: | A worn fragment from a cast lead cloth seal dating to the post-medieval period or later. Due to its limited survival it is impossible to state which type of seal this object is, although it is likely that it was a two-disc type with a folded connecting strip between the two discs. The obverse face of this disc bears a raised letter 'H'? within a ?lozengiform border. Such a personal clothiers'/weavers'/searchers' seal is very difficult to date precisely and could come from any time between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. It has suffered a number of fractures and a break as a result of old creases. Egan (1995, 1) notes that the system of industrial regulation and quality control to which lead cloth seals were testament became 'very complicated' during this very period.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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