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Description: | Two fragments of a Post-Medieval cloth seal from Wesel in Germany. These are almost certainly two parts of the same four part cloth seal. The double perforations in each are secondary and may indicate an attempt to re-attach the two most important parts of the seal to a cloth of bale after the origiinal seal was broken off.
One is of a lead/tin alloy and has a diameter of c.35mm. It is uniface with two squarish perforations 1.5mm and 2.5mm in diameter, diametrically opposed and near to the edge of the disc.
On the obverse is an ornate shield with three weasels courant two and one between a central ornate inescutcheon. The inscription reads [ME]MENTOxM[O]RI around the arms and motto of the town.
The second, also of lead/tin alloy has a diameter of 35mm. It has two squarish perforations 1.5mm in diameter, diametrially opposed and near to the edge of the edge of the disc. On the obverse are two crowned B's with ornate scrolling below. The inscription reads :F[I]NNxBOMASIN[.]IExDERxWESEL around. This translates as 'fine bombasine of Wesel'.
The discs are part of a seal attached to cloth imported from Wesel and known as bombazine. They probably date form the latter part of the 17th century.
Ref: Egan, Lead Cloth Seals in the Brithsh Museum, 319 and 316 | 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: | 1600
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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