2024-03-29T15:05:41+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/891224/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/891224/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/891224/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/891224/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/891224/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/891224/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/891224891224IOW-46CE52PAS5A946CE50011D9CLOTH SEALTwo-disc5.953.619.61IOW2018-7-47Finder1POST MEDIEVAL15001650An incomplete post-Medieval Augsburg lead alloy two-disc cloth seal (1500-1650).
The cloth seal has been pierced with a circular hole, c. 1.7mm in diameter, at about 10 o' clock on the obverse.
One disc and the joining strip are missing.
Disc 1. Raised ornate capital 'A' with a chevron bar, crescent above.
Disc 2. Missing, but partial raised pinecone design on rivet end.
The seal is buff overall.
Diameter: 19.6mm; thickness: 3.6mm. Weight: 5.95g.
A very similar seal recorded in 'Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items at the British Museum' by Geoff Egan, (Egan 1994: 106, fig. 41, refs: 308-310) has been attributed to Augsburg in Germany. The 'A' and pinecone design indicates the seal will have originated in Augsburg, Germany as the pinecone is the heraldic badge of the city. It is suggested that such seals were attached to fustians, a variety of heavy cloth woven from cotton and chiefly prepared for menswear, and date to the 16th or 17th century. Lead cloth and bale seals were used in Europe to mark cloth for commercial sale between the 13th and the 19th centuries and were part of a system of regulation and quality control.
Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper 93. The British Museum Press: London.
See also, Egan in Saunders, Salisbury Museum Medieval Catalogue, part 3, fig. 26, ref: 150.Pierced with a circular hole362018-02-26 20:24:052018-03-04 20:48:51412018-02-212018-02-211Certain44113636PAS5A946CE50011D9252IOWLead Alloy11095IncompletePoorPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxPOST MEDIEVALMetal detectorExactlyExactly89027225469116712546941421Restricted AccessSZ4282SZ42NWIsle of Wight1011003809IOW2018747a.jpg3022746Post-Medieval Augsburg Cloth-seal (pierced)The Portable Antiquities Scheme4images/fbasford/South EastOperations to a depth greater than 0.25mCultivated landEuropean RegionUnitary AuthorityIsle of WightUnitary AuthorityIsle of WightCivil Parish50.643-1.40991Restricted AccessReturned to finder95421