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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: IOW-17A7C1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date(c. AD 1650 - c. AD 1705). A seal for the Norfolk Weavers' Company worsteds. Disc 2 of a two-part seal (disc 1 is missing). -//WOR/STED/REFOR/[MED]. A textile impression is visible on the underside of the disc. A similar seal has been published by Egan. See Egan 1994, 46-48, fig. 22, ref. 87.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1705

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.93 g
Diameter: 17.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th November 2008

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2008-1-542

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Metal detecting rally
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Recording Institution: IOW
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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