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Description: | A four-disc cloth seal made from lead. There are four discs are each connected with an integral ribbon, they are then folded in half between disc two and three. The first disc has an integral stud which passes through a hole in disc four. The stud has then been slightly flattened, but not enough to secure disc four. The third disc is stamped with a shield with a central chevron, a possible annulet in each upper corner and an undistinguishable motif in the lower corner of the shield. Above the shield it is dated ?165[3 or 8]. The second disc is stamped with the shields of the commonwealth, a shield decorated with the St. Georges cross and the other the Irish harp. The surface of the seal is oxidised forming a light brown coloured surface. It measures 30.26mm long, 13.4mm wide and 10.84mm thick. It weighs 9.44g.
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). This one may be dated to 1658 with the Commonwealth's symbol of the harp. Egan (1989) illustrates two other cloth seals with a harp, however these are both surmounted by a crown and are four-part seals. No. 135 is of Charles II and No. 139 is of James II. | 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: | 1658 | 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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