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Description: | A Post Medieval or Modern uniface bag or bale seal. It is circular and has a slot through the seal from edge to edge. One face is blank and the other is stamped with Crossed keys with a number 2 between the handles. The lead has a cream patina. Many similar seals can be seen on the bag seal gallery at http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php. The records there note that this is a Russian bale seal for flax and cites Fig.81 p.63, John Sullivan, 'Russian Cloth Seals in Britain Trade, Textiles and Origins', 2012, quoting that "Riga seals connected with the flax trade have been recovered in substantial numbers ... but ... have not been properly identified ... Their distinctive characteristic is their motif, derived from the Arms of the town of Riga: ... on the lead seals recovered in Britain, which on one side are usually blank, only ... the Cross Keys and the Cross which stands below the open crown [are shown]. In addition, between the heads of the two keys stands a number indicating the quality of the goods inspected (1, 2 or 3), number 1 being the most frequently recorded." p.48.
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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