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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: IOW-497722
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval four part Charles II or James II alnage cloth seal (c. 1662-c. 1700).
This single disc is moulded at the front, flat and plain at the rear. The front depicts a bare-headed bust right, possibly of Charles II with the inscription: MAG BRI REX
It is slightly damaged and has a buff patina.
Diameter: 14.1mm; thickness: 0.8mm. Weight: 1.17g.
Similar examples are illustrated in Egan, G, 1994, British Occasional Paper 93, 'Lead Cloth Seal and Related Items in the British Museum', pages 62-3 & 178, fig 27, ref no 134. 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).
Egan, G., 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum, British Museum Occasional Papers, 93 London: Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum
Class:
Four part
Inscription:
MAG BRI REX
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: Circa AD 1662
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.17 g
Diameter: 14.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd December 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-1-361
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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 | 62-3 & 178, fig 27 | 134 |
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