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Description: | Post medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Both discs survive but the tab linking them is missing. Both sides have raised, stamped, designs. The front has has an S over three vertical lines over an unclear, broadly oval object all within an octagonal plain line border within an octagonal pellet border. Each vertical has small triangular projections on one side, one near the each end, the left and middle verticals have the projections pointing left and the vertical on the right has them pointing right. On the back is a simple V. The discs are 16.4mm in diameter and it is 2.8mm thick; it weighs 3.22 grams.It is possible the verticals represent tenterhooks and the oval shape is a madder bag. If this interpretation is correct it would suggest it is a seal used by a dyer. No parallel has yet been identified and this interpretation is therefore very tentative. The style and symbols suggest a later post medieval date, perhaps c.AD 1600-1850. SOM-845021 found in the same field appears to be of the same type with a different mark on the back. Paul Cannon has kindly drawn my attention to LANCUM-0DD474 which is also of this type.
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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