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Description: | Lead dyer's woad seal with letters 'I' on the rivet above 'S' within a ring of pellets on one disc, and the letter 'W' with a fleuret above it on the other disc, which forms the opposite face as the seal is still complete with its connecting strip intact. The 'I' and 'S' are not ligatured or connected with any foliage as they often are when they represent the privy mark of a corporate trading company, so they could be the initials of the dyer in this case. The 'W' likely refers to 'woad' as the dye that was used on the cloth, instead of the person who used the seal. The four-petalled flower above the 'W' could also be representing the woad plant, as the flower has four distinctive petals.Egan (1994) illustrates a similar example of a dyer's woad seal, with a 'W' on the disc, and a dyer's seal with a privy mark of an 'I P' over an 'S', on pages 183 & 188, Figs.32 & 37, Nos.236 & 287, which are dated from the 16th to the 18th century.
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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