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Description: | An incomplete cast lead four part cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. The two inner discs and connecting strip survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. One surviving disc bears a shield with Royal arms within an inner circle, while the other has a legend stamped off-centre and within an inner circle reading CAR/SAY/16[]. The entire object measures 18.45mm in length, 12.88mm in width/diameter, 3.35mm in thickness and 3.21g in weight.The surviving legend on this cloth seal indicates that it was for a particular type of textile known as Kersey, a woollen cloth produced in several places in England and with examples of similar seals found in Europe and overseas (Egan, 1995: p. 75). Egan notes that seals of this kind are of late 17th century date, probably dating to between the 1660s and 1680s AD (Egan, 1995: p. 75; see also, for example, SWYOR-08DD75, LANCUM-E352C2 or NMS-CB57D1).
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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