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Description: | Post medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Only one disc and the central rivet survive. The other disc and the connecting strip are all missing. The remaining disc has been bent over along two opposite sides. The visible part has a raised stamped design, possibly of the letters D and F, the D being retrograde, at the base of a long, central staff. Either side of the staff, above the letters, there is a small cross pattee, the one on right being very worn. There is a suggestion of a raised design ont he rivet but the details are unclear. There is no clear impression of the cloth on the inner side. The seal is now 19.9mm by 14.1mm, 3.2mm thick and it weighs 4.62 grams.This was probably a cloth seal used by a weaver, dyer or searcher. The use of a privy or merchants mark suggests a broad late 16th to 18th century date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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