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Description: | An incomplete cast lead or lead alloy two part cloth seal of probable late medieval ? post medieval date (1450 ? 1650). The cloth seal consists of the rear disc, linking strip (broken), central rivet and front disc. The cloth seal is sub-oval in plan and irregular in cross section. It measures 24.6mm length, 21.3mm width and is 7.9mm thick. It weighs 16.11 grams.
The front face and reverse of the cloth seal are marked or decorated, however, much of the detail has been lost through abrasion, especially on the front face. The only decoration which survives is on the rear face and can only be seen under oblique light. The design consists of a central vertical element which might be topped with a five petaled flower / rose. The design is contained within a circle of pellets. The cloth seal is a mid white colour with an even but abraded patina that covers all surfaces. Cloth seals were used to mark cloth from the 14th ? 18th centuries. Similar complete cloth seals can be seen in Geoff Egan's paper 'Leaden Cloth Seals' 1992: page 2, figures 8-9. These are dated to the 16th Century, however not enough of the seal fragment survives to date this example so tightly, hence the date range 1450-1650. | 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: | 1450
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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