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Description: | Post medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Parts of both discs and the central rivet survive. The edges of the discs are torn and folded in, with sections, and the connecting strip, missing. On the disc with the integral rivet is stamped the arms of Haarlam in the Netherlands on a shield, a vertical sword with a cross pattee avove and four stars arramged two each side. Above the shield is a six petalled flower made of pellets flanked by single pellets. There is a suggestion of lettering to the left of the shield but the broken and folded edges have rmoved most of the legend. On the other, ring shaped, disc and the rivet is stamped 26 in a pellet border. The seal is now 18.4mm by 16.5mm, 3.1mm thick and it weighs 4.83 grams.A similar seal is illustrated by Egan (1994:110) no. 321 who suggests the arms would have been surrounded by the legend HAERLEMS GOET (goods from Haarlam). The 26 on the back shows the length of the cloth in Dutch ells. Eganm (ibid) comments that Haarlem was an importabnt finishing centre for linen with most seals being for fine fabrics. Examples are known from across England and america ad egan suggests a 17th 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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