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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: IOW-696446

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Complete cast lead two disc cloth seal of probable seventeenth century date (AD 1600 – AD 1700). Length 24mm. Both discs are about 18mm in diameter. Maximum thickness 4mm. Weight 6.03g. Disc1, with an integral rivet at the rear, is slightly convex at the front and has a “spontaneous” design of four incised linear grooves that form six sub-rectangles. Disc 2 is flat and has a central aperture through which the rivet of disc 1 passes. The rivet is burred over. It is in fair condition.

Notes:

For information on cloth seals. see: Egan, G. 1992. Leaden Cloth Seals. Datasheet 3. Finds Research Group 700 - 1700. Lead seals were put on commercially produced cloths as part of a complicated system of industrial regulation, known in England as the alnage, under which quality control and the levying of tax of a few pence per newly manufactured cloth was administered until 1724 (Egan, G. 1994).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 6.03 g
Diameter: 18 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 13th December 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2005-195-10

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G.	1992	Leaden Cloth Seals	Oxford	Finds Research Group 700 -1700 Datasheet 3
Egan, G.	1994	Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum	London	Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum

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Recording Institution: IOW
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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