Record ID: LON-312098
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal dating 16th - 18th century. This is a clothworker's personal seal. The seal is formed of two discs with a connecting strip and integral rivet on one of the discs connecting the two. The rivet is visible on the decorated disc. The cloth seal has a bird standing facing left with initials either side of the bird, T on the left in front of chest and S on the right above tail. The undecorated disk has marks scratched onto it possible the number four. Dimensions: length: 21.14 mm; diameter of disk: 16.57mm; weight: 4.33g. Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth…
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2017
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2017
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Record ID: LON-0CD45A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, dating from AD1680-1690. The seal consists of one disc. The lack of a connecting rivet and the jagged breaks on corresponding edges of the discs suggests that a little over a quarter of the seal remains with another three discs connected by the rivet missing. On one side of the seal is a central circular field with the letters [T] N with a [3] above, surrounding is the legend [* GL]OSTER [..] The edge of the seal is damaged. The edge of the disc are serrated giving it a sunburst appearance. Stuart Elton notes: TN are likely to be the …
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
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Record ID: LON-46B22A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Clothworker's personal lead alloy seal dating from the 16th to 18th century. The seal is formed of two discs which would once have been connected by a strip. An integral rivet is visible in the centre of the undecorated disc in the form of a raised circle. The other side has a privy mark within a beaded circle. This mark is composed of the letter T superimposed over a C and an O. Dimensions: Weight: 3.96g. Diameter: 20.17mm. Thickness: 2.79mm.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2017
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Record ID: LON-9EE63F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal dating 16th - 18th century. This is a clothworker's personal seal. The seal is formed of two discs with a connecting strip and integral rivet on one of the discs connecting the two. The rivet is visible on the undecorated disc in the form of a raised oval. The other side has a privy mark within a beaded circle. There are initials T and G either side of the central stem of the privy mark. A similarly marked cloth seal is in Egan (1995:85 No. 241) and a similar cloth seal on the database is LON-193E2F. Dimensions: length: 27.45 mm; width: 21.63mm…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2017
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Record ID: LON-9EE452
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal dating 16th - 18th century. This is a clothworker's personal seal. The seal is formed of two discs with a connecting strip and integral rivet on one of the discs conencting the two. The rivet is visible on the undecorated disc in the form of a raised oval. The other side has a pictorial mark within a beaded circle. There are initials I and T either side of the central human figure. Dimensions: length: 25.43 mm; width: 23.20mm; weight: 9.60g. Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper 93. The B…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2017
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Record ID: LON-92BEEA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy two part sub-rectangular, spade-shaped searchers / alnage seal dating from AD1575-1620. The seal is cast with Roman numerals +ML above +VIIII. The searcher's stamp mark would have been on the reverse but the rivet head markings cannot be made out with certainty and is now hidden by the superglue applied by the finder. Dimensions: length: 40.97mm; width: 16.21mm, weight: 3.88g. Similar cloth seals on the database are LIN-52BC58 and WAW-79D3C6 Egan, G. 1995 Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum British Museum Occasional Paper 93, No…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AF3186
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A used lead cloth seal with merchants initials dated 1666 A two part cloth seal made of lead, with the merchant's conjoined serifed initials S I or I S, and the date 1666 surrounding them, with one numeral in each quarter of the design, the whole surrounded by a circle formed of jagged dots joined together. There are traces of parallel lines on the other half of the seal. The half of the cloth seal with the design measures 20 x 23 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: KENT-2954E2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy cloth seal of post-medieval date (c. 1575-1700), likely relating to an immigrant community possibly Dutch. Description: The seal is sub-rectangular with a narrow section and is stamped on one surface with the Roman numerals LII (52) within a beaded border. The reverse is blank. Measurments:22.55mm long, 11.99mm width, 3.77mm thick and 5g Discussion: A similar cloth seal is illustrated in Egan (1994) p.174, fig.23, no.95 and is described as a Dutch community tabular seal from Norwich. The numerals on such examples relate to the length o…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: KENT-A000DB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval stamped lead-alloy cloth seal likely from the city of Leiden dating to the 17th century. The seal is circular with a soldered on suspension tab at the top made of a strip of lead. This creates either a suspension loop opening which is parallel to the rim of the seal, now broken at the top or a tab connecting it to another small subsidiary seal or separate attachment rivet, like that illustrated by Egan (1989, 46 fig. 7). The seal is quite thin an thus has many areas where its surface has been slightly warped out of shape, this combined with wear and likely a weak st…
Created on: Friday 22nd April 2016
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
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Record ID: LON-3903B0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post medieval lead alloy cloth seal, dated AD1684. The seal consists of two discs that are connected by a lead tab, they have been folded over so that they are back to back. The lack of a connecting rivet and the jagged breaks on corresponding edges of the discs suggests that a little over half the seal remains with another two discs connected by the rivet missing. On one side of the seal is a central circular field with the letters T N with a 3 above, surrounding is the legend * GLOSTER [..L..16]84 The edge of the seal is damaged but what remains does suggest a date of AD …
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2016
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Record ID: LON-490A87
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post medieval, 16th - 18th century, lead cloth seal of Norwich, AD.1500-1800. Obverse of the seal contains the letter B with a flower to the left, an I above and an indistict design to the right. The reverse of the seal has a depiction of a castle with a lion below. The seal is of a Norwich type though not yet datable. Length: 20.39mm Width: 15.04mm Weight: 3.79g
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: LON-49099A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post medieval, 15th-18th century, circular, two part, lead cloth seal designating a cloth as faulty, AD.1464-1800. This is a uniface seal that has been stamped with a crowned Lombardic F surrounded by a legend. Much of the legend is now missing but it would likely have contained the county. Length: 28.48mm Width: 23.47mm Weight: 4.55g
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: LON-490740
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post medieval, 17th-19th century, circular, lead cloth seal, AD.1600-1900. This is a two part seal that has been stamped on the rivet with a 13 petalled flower. There is no identifying legend and the other side of the seal is blank. Length: 28.85mm Width: 24.06mm Weight: 7.9g
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: LON-490600
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post medieval, late 18th-19th century, lead cloth packers seal AD.1750-1900. This is a two part circular seal, the obverse has a central S with [...]PACKER around. Originally the packer's name would have been stamped around the outside of the obverse though the seal is quite worn and it is no longer visible. The reverse of the seal has a scratched design on it in the form of NON or ZOZ depending on how it is read, the last Z is smaller and has a short horizontal line above it. This is suggested to mean 20 1/2 possibly referring to the length of cloth (Stuart Elton pers. comm.…
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Record ID: LON-490499
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post medieval, 16th-17th century, tubular lead cloth seal, AD.1500-1700. These seals are typically used by the Dutch immigrant clothworkers and this type is similar to ones produced in Norwich. The object has been formed by stamping a tube of lead, thus flattening it, with the the roman numerals LII, for 52. it is suggested that these numbers refer to the length of cloth in yards. Length: 23.75mm Width: 13.83mm Weight: 5.59g
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: LON-4903A3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post medieval, 17th century, circular, lead cloth seal, dated AD.1695. This is half of a two part cloth seal that has lost the reverse side. The obverse retains the stamped letters, HC/NROW/1695/BMW. possibly the initials of town officials as often found on Norwich seals. see: LON-438A4B and LON-438580 Length: 23.45mm Width: 18.75mm Weight: 3.33g
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: LON-4902AD
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a post medieval, late 16th-18th century, rectangular, lead cloth searchers seal, AD.1575-1800. This is a rectangular two part seal though half is missing and only part of the obverse remains. The seal is stamped with two sets of roman numerals, XVIII and XVIIII below. There is some space left for the seal of the searcher though hthis is missing. The rivet remains on the reverse of the seal and indicates that the seal has been used. Length: 18.8mm Width: 14.74mm Weight: 2.95g
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: LON-490183
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post medieval, 17th-18th century. circular, lead cloth seal, AD.1613-1800. This is a cloth seal for the London dyer's company dating AD.1613 onwards. Obverse is a cart wheel with RICHARD GOSSAGE around. Reverse is II with LONDO[N STALL] around. Similar seals can be found in the Museum of London collection, Nos. 81.4/15 and 81.4/16 Length: 28.38mm Width: 22.6mm Weight: 10.18g
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: LON-48598A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post medieval lead cloth alnage seal, formed of two discs that have been doubled over and riveted, AD.1603-1704. Obverse of the seal has the initials NB in a central field with SOMERSET GLOST[ER] around. The reverse carries the arms of the house of Stuart, and a privy mark in the form of an A. Length: 38.26mm Width: 19.84mm Weight: 10.49g
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: LON-483593
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post medieval, 16th-17th century, tubular lead cloth seal, AD.1500-1700. These seals are typically used by the Dutch immigrant clothworkers and this type is similar to ones produced in Norwich. The object has been formed by stamping a tube of lead, thus flattening it, with the the roman numerals LII, for 52. it is suggested that these numbers refer to the length of cloth in yards. Length: 23.72mm Width: 12.6mm Thickness: 2.79mm Weight: 4.69g
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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