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Description: | A post medieval lead alloy cloth seal probably dating 16th - 17th century. This is a two part cloth seal comprising two circular discs linked by a rectangular tab. Disc one has been stamped with a heraldic device of a boars head with the initials TA below all within a beaded border. Disc two is blank but has 15'2 or 15 1/2 scratched onto it.Egan (1994:181-2) illustrate similar cloth seals with heraldic devices of clothiers, weavers, searchers and dyers broadly dating 16th - 17th century, no. 25 heas a boar's head on it but it is erect. Dimensions: length: 22.10mm; diameter: 17.79mm; weight: 6.00g.Reference: Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper 93. The British Museum Press; London.
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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