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Description: | An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal of the Norwich Weaver's Company. Only one disc and part of the integral rivet survive intact, the second disc now missing due to old breaks. The surviving disc is flat with a flattened oval shaped section of the rivet visible at the centre of the back face, the front face showing signs of post-depositional damage and wear. On the front face is an incomplete legend that reads [W]O[R]/STED/REFOR/MED. The entire object measures 18.56mm in diameter, 2.06mm in thickness, and weighs 2.62g.This is an incomplete cloth seal used by the Norwich Weaver's Company and known as a 'Worsted Reformed' seal. These were attached to every worsted examined at Norwich between 1650 and 1705 AD when sealing at Norwich ceased (see Egan, 1995: pp. 46-48). Several examples are published from London (Egan, 1995: nos. 86-90) and indicate a late-17th to early 18th century date for the current example, c.1650-1705 AD.
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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