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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: WAW-E0D340
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval or Post Medieval cast lead or lead alloy cloth seal. It is composed of two discs over laying each other and may have originally been part of a four-disc seal. One face of the disc is decorated with a lion rampant behind a vertical rod. The reverse of the seal has the legend '[ ] / EIN / VI'. The surface of the seal is oxidised forming a mottled cream colour. It measures 18.14mm long, 15.44mm wide and 2.62mm thick. It weighs 2.7g.
Cloth seals were in use between the 14th and 18th centuries (Egan, G. 1989 'Leaden Seals for Textiles - Some Archaeological Evidence Relating to Fabric and Trade' Costume No. 23) as a form of quality control. Four-disc seals were first used at the end of the 16th century (Egan G. 1992 Leaden cloth Seals Datasheet 3 Finds Research Group 700-1700). The seal probably dates to the late 16th to 18th centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.14 mm
Width: 15.44 mm
Thickness: 2.62 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2011 - Thursday 1st November 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Leigh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7653
Four figure Latitude: 52.174731
Four figure longitude: -2.352372
1:25K map: SO7653
1:10K map: SO75SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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