Record ID: LIN-E99C52 - POST MEDIEVAL cloth seal

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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: LIN-E99C52

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Post-medieval cloth seal

A folded lead cloth seal or souvenir dating to the 17th century. The seal was originally circular but both sides have been bent backwards and the badge is now sub-rectangular in plan. The front is decorated with a moulded motif of an angel standing left holding a palm branch in the right hand; the left hand is illegible. Around the perimeter is an inscription reading GLORIA IN EXCELSIS [ ]. The other side is illegible apart from a thin line.

The seal is similar to another from London (Egan, Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum (London: British Museum Occasional Paper 93, 1995), p.43, no.69, fig.21). These objects bear the same devices as other 17th century London cloth seals but are thought to have been used as souvenirs or mementos (ibid, p.43).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1630
Date to: Circa AD 1640

Dimensions and weight

Length: 39 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 15.4 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
Parish: Louth

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF3288
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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