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Description: | An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is circular but has been damaged in antiquity obscuring its complete shape. One side is stamped with text though all that remains is SAY//1669 with three pellets below and surrounded by a beaded border. The other side is very worn and bears no sign of having been stamped.The metal is alight brownish-white colour and is worn. The seal is 12.5mm in diameter, 1.7mm thick and weighs 1.1g.The lettering on such seals usually denoted the manufacturer of the goods to which the seal was attached, the quality control officer responsible for grading the materials or the contents itself. In this case the seal may have been for Kersey cloth which was a common kind of cheap, woollen cloth widely produced in Devon, Hampshire and Yorkshire. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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