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Description: | Part of a two-part lead cloth seal, the two discs and the connecting rivet remain, the connecting tab is lost to old breaks. The central rivet and front disk were stamped with a 'privy' or 'merchants' mark. The mark has the letters R H with a loose knot design between and above them within a pellet border. On the reverse is a stamped capital T. It is 23.5mm by 4.1mm thick; it weighs 7.12 grams.Probably part of a cloth seal used by a weaver, dyer or searcher. The use of a privy mark suggests a 16th to 18th century date. Various similar examples, although no direct parallel are published by Egan (1994:181-9).
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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