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Description: | Post-medieval lead-alloy two-disc type alnage cloth seal from London. Only part of one disc remains with the central rivet which would have attached it to the other disc. The edges of the disc, with the connecting strip, have also broken away. The front has the raised stamped design of an angel standing facing with outstretched wings holding a palm and unclear object. It is now 17.1mm by 11.6mm and 3.3mm thick and it weighs 2.37 grams.Such seals were used to show the piece had paid the appropriate taxes (alnage). Cloth seals bearing a facing angel are issued from London from the 1630s onwards, where the angel is a symbol of the city's pious optimism for stable and lasting trade (Egan 1994, p 41) . Parallels are published from the British Museum (ibid, nos. 64, 67 - 69).
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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