Record ID: SWYOR-3BF266
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 A Post Medieval lead two disc cloth seal made from two discs of lead held together with a lead strip, dating from AD 1700 - 1900. A central integral rivet from the back of one disc passes through a hole in the other disc and is stamped flat. The seal has the legend R&I in relief on the obverse with the number 829 stamped above it. The imprint of the cloth is visible on the other face. Measurements are; diameter 24.8mm, thickness 2.5mm and weight 7.83g. Compare SUR-51F7A9.
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-E5ECE1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One disc from a four disc cloth seal of Post medieval date, probably 1603 - 1714. The disc has a relief design of a crown and crossed sceptres which suggests a 17th century date, into the reign of Queen Anne. A Queen Anne cloth seal on the Bagseal gallery website has a crown and crossed sceptre design. Measurements are; length 13.3mm, 12.2mm wide, 1.4mm thick and weighs 1.12g. Compare BH-6D73BB.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-E54FDC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single disc from a four disc cloth seal dating from about AD 1550 - 1650. It is sub-circular and one side has a double rose in relief. Measurements are; diameter 15.9mm, thickness 1.1mm and weight 1.41g. Elton (2017, page 217) writes that the rose as a royal symbol was used on cloth seals from about 1509 until the Stuart period, but as this disc is from a four disc seal it i likely to date from after 1550.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-023407
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead cloth seal or other seal dating from the post medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1800. It is a two disc seal with a fluted connecting tab. An integral rivet from the back of one disc passes through a hole in the other and is flattened. The rivet disc is marked with a large plain letter C (or perhaps a crescent). The rove disc does not have any visible markings. The edge of the seal is bevelled. Length: 21.56mm Width: 13.37mm Thickness: 6.41mm Weight: 5.62g
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-496470
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A two disc, or the outer discs of a four disc lead cloth seal dating from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period, about AD 1350 - 1724, probably 1702 - 1714.  The two discs are fastened by a rivet that passes through a hole in the centre of one disc, and is then squashed flat.  Most of the disc with the hole in it is missing, leaving only the disc with the rivet and the stamped and flattened rivet. The outer face of disc 1 ihas a possible bust within a square or lozenge frame. Disc 2 is missing except for the centre where the rivet from disc one has been pushed t…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-22917B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single disc from a Post Medieval four disc cloth seal probably dating from AD 1600 - 1800. The disc is circular. One face is stamped with crossed keys, a symbol of the City of Leiden in the Netherlands. The other face is plain. Measurements are; diameter 14.3mm, thickness 1.2mm and weight 1.77g. See Elton (2017) page 310 onwards.
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 18th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-525654
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead bag, bale or cloth seal dating from AD 1800 - 1950. It is a two disc seal with a projecting central rivet and a bokren connecting loop. The flat face has the raised letters "No / 706" below three illegible letters. The seal is 22.7mm long, 21.5mm wide, 9.4mm thick and weighs 13.79g.
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-22F66C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small lead Post Medieval cloth seal dating from AD 1640. It is two discs of a four disc seal. One bears the Prince of Wales feathers in a crown, above the date 1640. The other depicts a three masted sailing ship. The seal is 14.9mm long, 10.8mm wide, 3.0mm thick and weighs 2.29g. The finder reports that Stuart Elton has identified this seal as a West County alnage seal. A close parallel is NARC-381F55.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-FE3F56
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead cloth seal of medieval to Post medieval date, dating from AD 1350 - 1750. It is a small two disc seal, with the connecting tab and the integral rivet surviving. No design on either face is visible. The seal is 17.5mm long, 11.3mm wide, 7.0mm thick and weighs 5.06g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-AAE06D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead artefact, probably a cloth seal of late post-Medieval date, about AD 1700 - 1900. It is a two-part seal with two discs of slightly different sizes connected by an incomplete tab. The smaller disc is impressed with the design of a flower,a double rose of six petals, within a beaded border. The larger disc has no moulded design, but the reverse has been crudely inscribed with an hourglass and the numeral 9, perhaps indicating 89 above a line. Below the line are the scratched figures 4 and either 5 or 6.  The seal is 26.4mm in diameter and 3.1mm thick. It weighs…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Sunday 7th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-04FD87
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, dating to the Post-Medieval period (AD 1500-1750).  The cloth seal is comprised of one circular disc and was probably part of a four disc seal.It has a relief design of an Irish harp encircled by a line border on one face. The other face has a central pellet and a raised line border. The object is 19.9mm long, 15.5mm wide, 2.0mm thick and weighs 2.95g. The central pellet on NLM-5FDFB8 is similar, though the harp is a different design. 
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-FB3C65
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post medieval lead cloth seal or bag seal dating from AD 1750 - 1950. This seal was manufactured for a French company and reads: F [...] / VERGES / & CIE / [...]DE / [...]. CIE is the French abbreviation for 'company' like the English 'Co'. The seal is a two disc type, with th discs joined by a long strip bent into a loop, and a central rivet one one disc which passes through a hole in the second before being crimped shut. The writing is on the side where the rivet shows. The other face has some scratches and straight lines of small impressed dots, but nothing intelligible. It is 45…
Created on: Sunday 6th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 9th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-EE0201
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead two disc cloth seal dating from the Post Medieval period, AD 1553 - 1700. It is an example of the County series bearing a crowned portcullis. The two discs are fastened by a split pin type arrangement and a connecting tab. Disc 1 is illegible. The rivet projects from its reverse. Disc 2 is a ring, with the rivet projecting through the centre and then squashed flat. The design is a portcullis of four by four squares with a crown above. Any lettering at the sides, or a surrounding legend identifying the county is illegible. The seal is 22.36mm long, 18.06mm wide and 4.3mm thick. …
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-716E93
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A two-piece lead cloth, bag or bale seal, probably of post-Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1700. It consists of two discs but there is no evidence of a connecting tab nor of an attachment rivet. No design is visible on either disc apart from some scratched marks on one face. The seal has a light, cream patina. It is 20.6mm in diameter and 3.3mm thick, It weighs 5.83g.
Created on: Monday 29th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 12th June 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6F65CA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A two piece lead cloth seal of post-Medieval date, probably about AD 1500 - 1700. It consists of two discs joined by a short tab, one disc having a large central hole and the other an integral, divided flat rivet. The tab has been folded then the rivet has been passed through the hole and flattened during the stamping process to complete the fastening. Both sides are impressed with lettering which appears to read London: LON on one face and DON on the other. The seal has a light cream patina. It is 5.8mm long, 11.8mm wide and 4.2mm thick. It weighs 2.97g. Compare NMS-128034.
Created on: Monday 29th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 12th June 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-F24DA1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, two disc, lead cloth seal of early Post-Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1650. The seal is circular in plan, though a considerable amount of the upper disc has broken away and is now missing. The front face carries a moulded design in the form of a pinecone and the second, larger, disc a moulded letter A with a pellet in the centre and an annulet to the side. The seal has a light, cream patina. It is 16.5mm diameter, 4.5mm thick. 3.23g. Other seals with this design are recorded on the database: compare for example records SWYOR-A03611, DUR-6BC35E, SOM-8C1932 and LIN-0D…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6F3342
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Post Medieval cloth seal, probably dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It is a two disc seal, or possibly an incomplete four disc seal. The legiable face has the letters BB (the first one retrogade) with either an X or scissors between them, and a probable crown above. The seal has a well developed cream to yellow patina. The seal is 16.8mm long, 13.1mm wide and 3.6mm thick. 3.8g. No close parallel has been found, but another seal with a B and scissors on is HAMP-94BB12, and SUR-143677 has the royal cipher of William III which is a crown over R (retrograde) W R which has similarities.
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-F64B8B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy two or four-disc cloth seal. Parts of one disc and the central rivet integral to that disc survive. One face of the disc is stamped, on the rivet, with a design of short lines in saltire, perhaps sceptres, or crossed keys. Any further design or olettering that may have been present on the outer area or on the other side, is no longer visible. The seal is 26.2mm diameter, 5.5mm thick and 9.1g. The seal is bent and torn, and has a cream patina. The suggestion of crossed sceptres would suggest a 17th century date. Alternatively this could be part of a mercha…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-62D366
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Medieval or Post Medieval cloth seal dating from AD 1450 - 1700. It is a two disc seal, the discs joined by a tab forming a loop and crimped together. One disc is plain. The other is stamped with a chequered shield. The seal is 24.2mm long, 16.3mm wide and 3.9mm thick. 7.13g.
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-4C1EFA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete Post Medieval cloth seal dating from about AD 1500 - 1700. It could be one disc of a rivet type seal of two or four discs that was not fastened by putting the integral rivet through the hole on the opposing disc successfully. It has a stamp impression on one face, but the circular sectioned integral rivet protruding from the other has not been squashed flat, though it does possibly have traces of a stamped design on it, perhaps an A or V. The surviving impression on the main face seems to be a crowned I surrounded by a wreath, all within a beaded border, and outs…
Created on: Saturday 28th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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