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Description: | A two-part cast lead cloth seal of late fifteenth or early sixteenth century date. The cloth seal measures 24.67mm by 19.14mm by 5.65mm and weighs 7.28g. Part of disc 1 is missing but enough is present to see that the exterior shows a crude crown over an ornate shield with the arms of England and a rose to the right. Around this in Lombardic lettering is the legend '..COM SOM' indicating that the seal came from Somerset. The exterior of disc 2 has a large F with a rose to the right, around which is the fragmentary legend '[...]AGII PA[N...]'. The letter F was used from 1474 to indicate a textile with minor faults that were significant enough to have the customer's attention drawn to them in this way (pers. comm. Geoff Egan).
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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