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Description: | Post medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Parts of one disc and the central rivet integral to that disc survive. The edges of the disc are very worn, probably partically missing along with the connecting strip. On outerfact of the disc is stamped the arms of Haarlam in the Netherlands on an elaborate shield, a vertical sword, with a cross pattee above, not visible here and four stars arranged two each side of the sword. Any legend has been lost with the outer edge. On the inner face of the disc is an impression of the cloth it was attached to, it appears to be a loose weave of very fine thread at c.50 threads by c.44 threads to the inch. On the rivet is stamped part of the design of G / 20 in a pellet border. The seal is now 14.1mm by 13.1mm, 3.7mm thick and it weighs 2.83 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 20 on the back shows the length of the cloth in Dutch ells. Egan (ibid) comments that Haarlem was an important finishing centre for linen with most seals being for fine fabrics and it is possible that this was for linen cloth. Examples are known from across England and America and Egan suggests a 17th century date. SOM-EE9D2E on this database is similar as is the more complete HAMP-32C363.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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