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Description: | Post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal of Elizabeth I, late 16th century. One side stamped with the crown over shield with arms of Tudor England, with the initials E R to the sides and the legend around [S'VILL PAO V]IALLE LON (meaning 'seal of alnage of saleable cloths in London'). The other side is damaged and only a tiny part of the design is visible, but the stamp would probably have been the arms of London in an ornate shield with LONDINI PRO PANNIS LANICIS date (meaning 'for woollen cloths in London') around - just the ends of the voided cross and [...]RO[...] can be seen. Roman lettering. No textile imprint. Diameter 23.6mm, length including bar 26.2mm, thickness 7.7mm, weight 12.07g.See Saunders 2001 (Salisbury Museum Catalogue Part 3) p.51-2, figs. 19 & 20, no.s 12-19, for similar seals.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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