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Description: | A corroded post-medieval lead-alloy two-part cloth seal for a Norwich worsted fabric (c. 17th-century). The lower surface of disc 1 has a legend in two lines in low relief: 'NOR/WICH' with the connecting strip at around 11 o'clock. The integral rivet of disc 1 has been pushed through the central aperture of disc 2 and squashed into an irregular form. Disc 2 has further lettering in low relief: 'R?[...]/[...]/MW[...]/RG'. The connecting strip survives at around 11 o'clock to the lettering. The legends on both discs indicate that this seal is of the Norwich Weavers' Company, the four lines on disc 2 representing the surname initials of the twelve wardens of the Company for the year the seal was made and attached to the cloth. Several similar seals are noted by Egan (1995, 46-47; refs. 81-85), that indicate a date range of between 1650 and 1705 AD when sealing at the Norwich Company ceased.
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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