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Description: | An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is of the two disc type with only one remaining. The surviving disc has been stamped with the numerals "XXXX" and the letter "M" or "W" above or below, depending on orientation. The reverse of the disc is undecorated. Two slight protrusions on the edge of the disc represent the strip which would have joined it to the second disc.The metal is a light greyish-white colour and is worn. The seal is 23.9mm in diameter, 2.2mm thick and weighs 5.4g.Cloth seals were used in Europe to mark cloth for commercial sale between the 13th and the 19th centuries with two disc seals being the norm until the late 16th century in England (Egan, 1994, p.5).
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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