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Description: | A complete cast lead bag or bale seal of late post-medieval date. The seal is circular in plan with worn edges and a roughly rectangular cross section. It is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by holes running across its diameter which would have been for wire or textile ligatures to secure a bag. The seal is unusually domed, presumably as a result of the sealing process. The concave surface is stamped with an elaborately scrolled monogram which is now largely illegible. The convex side is stamped with approximately four lines of illegible text.The metal is a mid greyish-brown colour and is worn. The seal is 15.5mm in diameter, 5.4m thick and weighs 5.9g.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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