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Description: | Corroded fragment of a cast lead cloth seal of sixteenth century date (AD 1500 - AD 1600). Maximum diameter of central portion 14.0mm, thickness 3.0mm. Weight 3.45g.The fragment is just the central part of a two-part seal. Consequently, only part of the design has survived on each disc.Disc 1: Arms of England in raised relief.Disc 2: Cross in raised relief.From parallels, disc 1, if complete, would depict a crown over royal arms of England with ER to sides. On disc 2, a cross with a sword in the first quarter (arms of London).Alhtough the outer part of each disc is lost and the legends cannot be read, the legends can be restored from a number of parallels as S'VLII'PAO'VIALLE'LON'//LONDINI PRO PANNIS LANCIS (i.e. sigillum ulnagii pannorum venalium Londini - 'seal of alnage of saleable cloths of London//for woollen cloths at London').Part of the connecting strip has survived.A similar complete cloth seal has been published with an illustration. See: Egan 1994, 40-41 and 170, fig. 19, ref. 61. See also: Saunders 2001, 52, fig. 20, ref. 16.
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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