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Description: | A Post Medieval cast lead or lead alloy cloth seal. It is composed of a sub-circular disc, which has an integral flattened stud on the reverse. A portion of the edge is abraded suggesting originally an integral ribbon and another disc was present. The upper surface of the disc has a prominent 'A' with an annulet below the cross bar. The surface of the seal has oxidised forming a cream colour. It measures 18.11mm long, 17.16mm wide and 3.16mm thick. It weighs 3.5g. Cloth seals were in use between the 14th and 18th centuries (Egan, G. 1989 'Leaden Seals for Textiles - Some Archaeological Evidence Relating to Fabric and Trade' Costume No. 23) as a form of quality control. Seals from Augsburg, Germany had the letter 'A' on one face, the other face had the Augsburg coat of arms (Egan, G. Leaden cloth Seals Datasheet 3 Finds Research Group 700-1700 Figure 24). These seals date to the 16th to 17th centuries.
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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