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Description: | A slightly misshapen post-Medieval cast lead-alloy cloth seal from the Low Countries (16th to 17th century AD). The seal probably originated in Turnhout (modern Belgium).This upper disc is sub-circular and the upper surface depicts a figure of St Peter standing facing right holding a large key in the left hand. The key in the right hand and part of the legend are missing due to being 'off-flan'. Partial inscription: S[ ]NT/[ ].The inner face has a central rivet stub which is surrounded by an imprint of textile. This disc has a buff patina overall.Height: 24.54mm; width: 25.05mm; thickness: 2.81mm. Weight: 6.57g.Turnhout was renowned in the late C16th and early C17th for linen textiles known in England as 'Turnhout ticks'. A similar cloth seal has been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See find: HAMP-19B0F2.Lead seals were put on commercially produced cloths as part of a complicated system of industrial regulation, known in England as the alnage, under which quality control and the levying of tax of a few pence per newly manufactured cloth was administered until 1724 (Egan , G. 1994).
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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