2012-01-24 11:45:09 Adam Daubney adaubney 2012-01-24 11:56:00 Adam Daubney adaubney LIN-E99C52 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). 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; th... Lead Cast POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL 1630 1640 18 39 2 Complete 2012-01-24 11:45:09 LINCOLNSHIRE EAST LINDSEY LOUTH POINT( ) From Finder TF38NW TF3288 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 LIN Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2012 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.