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Description: | An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of late sixteenth or seventeenth century date (c. AD 1575 - c. AD 1700). Diameter 14.0mm and 2.1mm thick. Weight 2.28g.
A two disc seal. However, the connecting strip and disc 2 are missing. The face of disc 1 is decorated with a moulded bird facing left with its wings in the "close" (closed) position. The surface of the burred-over rivet on the other side has the remains of a moulded design which appears to be the ligature: R (reversed), O (with horizontal joining line). There was probably a further initial off the rivet to the right which is now missing. The bird, probably a heron, together with the initials, may be a pun for the weaver's/clothier's surname.
No parallel found. | 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: | 1575
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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