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Description: | A complete cast lead bag or bale seal of late post-medieval date. The seal is circular with worn edges and a roughly rectangular cross section. It is comprised of a single unifaced disc of metal which is perforated by a hole running across its diameter which would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag. One face is stamped with a crossed keys design with and indistinct feature between the handles. This feature is likely to be a number indicating the quality of the goods inspected (See SWYOR-B9EDC4).The metal is a light whitish-brown colour and is worn. The seal is 20.2mm in diameter, 6.9mm thick and weighs 15.5g.Lead bale and cloth seals were used between the 13th and 19th centuries as a means of identification and as a component of regulation and quality control. Unlike cloth seals bale seals comprise single discs used to identify textiles, as well as parcels and bales of trade goods. The obverse would typically display a city's arms, and the reverse would record data such as the length or width of fabric or the weight of a parcel.
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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