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Description: | A complete cast lead bag seal of late Post-Medieval date. The seal is circular in plan with a sub-rectangular cross section and is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by two holes running across its diameter. The hole would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag.The obverse is stamped with crowned oval trademark design with entwined ribbon which reads WEBBS//PRIZE/SEEDS while the oval frame itself reads GRASSES/ROOTS/AND/MANURES. The text [REGISTERED] TRADEMARK is stamped around the central devise.The reverse is stamped with circumferential text reading WEBB & SONS/WORDSLEY STOURBRIDGE within which is text in three lines reading THE/QUEEN'S/SEEDSMAN.The metal is a mid greyish-brown colour and is worn. The seal is 23.2mm in diameter, 4.8mm thick and weighs 11.9g.Webb & Sons were English seed merchants from circa 1850 when Edward Webb founded the company in Wordsley, near Stourbridge. By the 1890's the company had become widely known and had been appointed seedsmen to Queen Victoria.A parallel has been recorded on the PAS database as: GLO-ABB974.
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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