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Description: | The cloth seal is possibly dated to the 16th to early 17th century. Egan illustrates similar seals with a pine cone, which are from Augsburg, Germany (Nos. 308-309), however the recorded example does not have an ?A? on the reverse which Egan?s examples do have. The cloth seal is made from lead or lead alloy.
The seal is formed by two circular discs, one with a hole in the centre and the other with a stud protruding. These discs are joined by an integral connecting strip which is folded in half so the discs over-lay each other, and the stud protrudes through the hole. The seal is then stamped on the discs creating an emblem on both faces. One emblem is a pine cone with three leaves protruding at the base. The cone is composed of pellets. Either side of the cone are two further clusters of pellets, one larger than the other. The edges of this surface are slightly bevelled. The design is within a beaded border. The reverse has a simplistic crown within a beaded border.
The cloth seal weighs 7.97g, and measures 23.9mm long, 16.6mm wide and 5.1mm thick. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1625 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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