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Description: | The object is possibly a cloth seal. The style of lettering suggests a Post Medieval date, perhaps 16th to 18th century. The seal has been made from lead or lead alloy which then has had the lettering stamped on the surfaces.
The seal is formed by two sheets that over lay each other and are, in plan a sub-square shape, which has one edge which has been ripped or broken. The other edges appear to be the original. The upper sheet is the largest. In the centre the upper sheet appears to have had a hole through which an integral stud from the lower sheet protruded, and has since been squashed flat to stamped the design on the seal. The design on the upper sheet is composed of four letters ?WG / LY?. The lower sheet has two letters which are alongside the ripped edge, therefore the rest of the design is missing. The letters are ?M? with ?R? below it.
The seal weighs 3.6g and measures 22.92mm long, 17.71mm wide and 2.39mm 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
1800 | 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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