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Description: | Post medieval lead alloy cloth seal. Fragment of a two or four part seal consisting of the central plug of lead, circular in section, with parts of the front and back discs attached. One end is stamped with the portcullis badge of the Tudors, any inscription is missing or illegible. The portcullis was "the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into the early seventeenth century" (Egan 1995:9). Alnage seals indicated the cloth had been checked for quality by a Crown official and that the subsidy (tax) had been paid. The seal is 15.6mm in diameter, 4.2mm thick and weighs 4.35 grams.
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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