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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: IOW-C83BE1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval cast lead four part Charles II or James II alnage cloth seal (1662-c. 1701).
Disc 2 and disc 3 survive and are joined by a misshapen integral connecting strip.
Disc 2: OF ENG/LAND; Charles II type bust facing left
Disc 3: Fleur-de-lis with 1 to left and ½ to right
The seal is in poor condition and the majority of the surfaces have a buff patina.
Height: 19.62mm; width: 14.31mm; thickness: 4.32mm. Weight: 2.79g.
Cloth seals with similar busts have been published in Egan 1995: British Occasional Paper 93, 'Lead Cloth Seal and Related Items in the British Museum', pages 62-63 & 178, fig. 27.
A similar cloth seal from Salisbury, with thee fleurs-de-lis, has been published (Saunders 2001: 62, fig. 23, ref: 100).
Cloth seals were in use between the 13th and 19th centuries and were part of a system of industrial regulation and quality control which became very complicated, particularly in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (Egan, 1995, page 1).
Class: Four part
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
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 1662
Date to: Exactly AD 1701
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 19.62 mm
Width: 14.31 mm
Thickness: 4.32 mm
Weight: 2.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-4-398
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.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1994 | Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum | London | Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum | 62-63 & 178, fig. 27 | ||
| Saunders, P. | 2001 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 3 | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | 62, fig. 23 | 100 |
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