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Description: | Fragment of a lead alloy cloth seal dating to the Post Medieval period, AD1500-1700. The fragment is circular in shape with a cross hatch design on the reverse. It is likely that the decoration was a portcullis. The seal is 21mm in diameterEgan (1994, 9) writes that the mark of the "crowned portcullis...was the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period." With the crowned portcullis meaning that the cloth had been checked by a crown offical.There are many examples of portcullis designs on seals on the database, including SWYOR-0B10CD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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