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Description: | Post Medieval lead alloy two disc type cloth seal, of the Norwich Weavers Company. Only one disc remains with the central rivet which would have attached it to the other disc. The connecting strip has also broken away. The front has the raised stamped letters NOR/WICH/ D Y. It is now 17.2mm by 15.5mm and 3.5mm thick and it weighs 2.07 grams.Such seals were attached to every worsted examined at Norwich from the mid-17th century until 1705 (Egan 1994:46). As well as being stamped 'Norwich' the seals had the surname initial of each of the twelve wardens of the company for that year, the D and Y are two of the twelve, the others would be on the other disc.
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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