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Description: | A cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. It comprises two discs that are slightly oval shaped and joined at the top by an integral rectangular connecting strip. Disc 1 has incised/impressed lettering on the front face reading W/L N, and on its back face has an integral rivet that pierces disc 2 and is flattened to give it an oval shaped. Disc 2 appears undecorated, although has suffered from post-depositional wear. The visible face of the flattened rivet appears to have impressed/incised lettering, possibly reading C C[]. The entire object measures 24.81mm in length, 18.56mm in width, 3.38mm in thickness, and weighs 6.94g.This is a lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, possibly a clothier, weaver, searcher or personal seal (see for example Egan, 1995: fig. 33, no. 248). It is of probable 16th-17th century AD date if not a little later.
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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