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Description: | Complete cast lead or lead alloy two part cloth seal of probable early post medieval -date (1500 - 1650). The cloth seal consists of the rear disc, linking strip, and front disc. The cloth seal is sub-oval in plan and irregular in cross section. The front face of the cloth seal is marked with a centrally positioned lis which seems to be crowned (although this only partially surviving at the edge of the seal). Either side of the lis are initials I (or possibly and E) R. The reverse face is plain and undecorated. The cloth seal is a mid matt grey colour with an even but slightly abraded patina that covers all surfaces. Cloth seals were used to mark cloth from the 14th - 18th centuries. Similar complete cloth seals can be seen in Geoff Egan's paper 'Leaden Cloth Seals' 1992: page 2, figures 8-9. These are dated to the 16th Century. Two similar seals can be seen on the PAS database LVPL-199405 from Combermere, Cheshire and PUBLIC-30FF30 from Durham. These have been provisionally attributed to the reign of Eizabeth I (1558-1603)The cloth seal measures 22.6mm length, 18.1mm width, is 3.2mm thick and weighs 5.09 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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