LON-F33738: A Post Medieval lead alloy incomplete cloth seal dating to 1650.

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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: LON-F33738

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Post Medieval lead alloy incomplete cloth seal dating to 1650. This is a two disc cloth seal with one side reading "[W]ORST/E[]DREF/[O]RMED/[1]650). Only a fragment remains of the other side and that reads "[-]XV[-]".

Seals for Norfolk worsteds had two discs. In the second half of the 17th century seals were applied to both ends of the textile, one stamped with "Norwich" and the initials of the annually-elected wardens of the worsted weavers' guild and the other with "worsted reformed" and the length in yards (Egan 1992, 3).

Dimensions: length: 21.59mm; width: 18.63mm; thickness: 2.71mm; weight: 2.95g.

Reference: Egan, G. 1992. Leaden Cloth Seals. Datasheet 3. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasbeets 1-24. 1985-1998. Reprographic Unit, University of Oxford.

Class: Two-part

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.59 mm
Width: 18.63 mm
Thickness: 2.71 mm
Weight: 2.95 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 13th March 2010

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Southwark (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Cathedrals (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.503528
Four figure longitude: -0.099555
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Open fresh water
Specific landuse: Running water

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	p. 3

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Recording Institution: LON
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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