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Description: | A lead cloth seal dating from about AD 1750 to 1900. The seal has two discs joined by a strip. A regular oval tab projecting from the centre of one disc passes through a hole in the centre of the other disc and is then stamped.On one side are the words YORK AND SHE[EPSHANKS] as a border surrounding the word LEEDS in the centre of the field. The back of the seal has faint scratch marks. Seals of this design date from the late 18th or 19th century (Egan pers.comm).The York and Sheepshanks company was a cloth manufacturer based in Leeds during the 18th and 19th centuries and it seems likely that this seal was used to confirm the production and quality of a bale of cloth. Another example on the databse is DUR-F56017.
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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