Record ID: IOW-566796
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval Augsburg lead alloy two-disc cloth seal (1500-1650). Disc 1. Raised ornate capital 'A' with a chevron bar. Disc 2. Plain with raised pinecone design on rivet end. The seal is buff off-white. Length: 28.0mm; width: 17.8mm; width of joining strip: 5.3mm; overall thickness: 5.0mm. Weight: 10.07g. 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 originat…
Created on: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th August 2019
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Record ID: IOW-5327FA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy alnage cloth seal (c. 1660-c. 1688). Disc 1 of a four-part seal with a joining strip. Charles II type head, OF ENGLAND around within a beaded circle. The reverse is plain. The seal has a shiny buff patina Length: 18.6mm; width: 13.7mm; thickness: 1.2mm. Weight: 1.27g. Compare with Egan 1994: 178, fig. 27, ref: 137. Egan, G., 1994 Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum London: Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum.
Created on: Monday 3rd June 2019
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2019
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Record ID: IOW-6AA281
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy two-disc cloth seal (c. 1500-c. 1800). The surviving part is complete but folded disc 1/rivet disc. The front is obscured by folds and the rivet end has a raised design of a 'privy' or 'merchants' mark: B over M. Probably part of a cloth seal used by a weaver, dyer or searcher. The use of a privy mark suggests a 16th to 18th century date. Various similar examples, although no direct parallels, are published by Egan (1994:181-9). Length: 18.6mm; width: 11.7mm; thickness: 3.7mm. Weight: 2.98g. Egan, G., 1994 Lead cloth seals and rela…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2019
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Record ID: IOW-69D857
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-Medieval lead alloy two-disc cloth seal (c. 1500-c. 1800). The surviving part is an incomplete disc 1/rivet disc. The front has a raised design of a 'privy' or 'merchants' mark: two elaborate knots, one above the other, with I D at sides. The reverse has cloth impression and the rivet end is smooth and plain. Probably part of a cloth seal used by a weaver, dyer or searcher. The use of a privy mark suggests a 16th to 18th century date. Various similar examples, although no direct parallels, are published by Egan (1994:181-9). However, see no. 268. Lengt…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th February 2019
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Record ID: IOW-0A1887
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval lead alloy two-disc alnage cloth seal (c. 1600-c. 1700). A portcullis county series (COM) but unfortunately both the county and the initial of the monarch are missing! Probably an E in the latter case for Edward or Elizabeth. Disc 1/ rivet disc: +COM[ ], B at centre within a beaded circle. Disc 2/rove disc: Portcullis, [E] R above. The seal has an even buff patina. Length: 25.3mm; width: 19.0mm; thickness: 4.6mm. Weight: 8.15g.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2019
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Record ID: IOW-9A99CC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval (possibly) lead alloy cloth seal, possibly of the two-disc type (c. 1500-c. 1750). The discs are joined by a connecting strip. Disc 1 (rivet disc) is plain at the front. Disc 2 (rove disc) has an unclear design which can be seen on the end of the rivet only and is surrounded by a beaded circle. Length: 19.0mm; width: 18.8mm; overall thickness: 9.3mm. Weight: 7.37g.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 24th January 2019
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Record ID: IOW-2D79A4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal (c. 1600-c. 1750). Discs 1 and 2 of a two or four-part seal. Disc 1: plain or illegible, and from the reverse of which projects an integral rivet. Disc 2: plain or illegible. The rivet has been stamped with letters: 'Y O'. The object is greyish buff overall. There is no indication of a joining strip. Length: 25.7mm; width: 25.3mm; thickness: 3.0mm. Weight: 11.23g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
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Record ID: IOW-8A5E0C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval lead alloy two-part cloth seal (c. 1600-c. 1700). Disc 1: Plain. Disc 2: Raised design of a merchant's privy mark with legend around. [ ]H[ ]L (rosette) [ ]; Long cross crosslet combined with C over M, a star each side. Length: 25.8mm; width: 19.7mm; thickness: 3.4mm. Weight: 7.97g.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Record ID: IOW-E102A1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal (c. 1600-c. 1800). This single disc has a raised design consisting of a lion passant with 'I' behind, all within a beaded circle. The rear face is plain. There is no indication of a joining strip. Diameter: 11.0mm; thickness: 1.3mm. Weight: 0.67g. Such seals were used to mark the duty due to be paid on bolts of cloth. Heraldic devices such as this are common on Post-Restoration royal seals. Consequently, the seal was probably issued between the reigns of Charles II (1660-1685) and George I (1714-1727) when the alnage system wa…
Created on: Saturday 5th May 2018
Last updated: Sunday 6th May 2018
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Record ID: IOW-E8100A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval lead alloy two-disc cloth seal issued at Haarlem in the Netherlands (c. 1600-c. 1700). The edges are worn and abraded but the connecting strip is intact. The outer face of disc 1 has the arms of Haarlam: an elaborate shield, a vertical sword and four stars arranged two each side of the sword. The legend is illegible. The rivet has raised capital letters within a beaded circle: [ ]A/[ ]O·/REN The complete legend could be: A/·30·/REN Disc 2 is illegible. This cloth seal is buff overall. Length: 18.8mm; width: 15.8mm; thickness: 3.0mm. …
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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