Record ID: IOW-1BB217
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cloth seal of Post-Medieval, seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Diameter 27.0mm and 2.6mm thick. Weight 5.06g. This two-disc seal is of a type associated with imports from Haarlem in the Netherlands of a fine linen known in England as 'holland'. The seal has been deliberately cut in half and has a clean smooth break. Disc 1, 27.0mm in diameter. Moulded shield with arms? at centre? Surrounded by inscription [HAE]RLEMS [GOET] ('goods from Haarlem'), also moulded. Disc 2 (formed by rivet head), 15.5mm in diameter. Moulded numeral 19 1/2 contained within a beaded …
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7DBC77
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, probably late sixteenth to early eighteenth century (c. AD 1550 - c. AD 1750. Maximum diameter 15.8mm. Weight 2.41g. This is disc 1 of a 2 disc seal. It has a clothier's/weaver's stamp with a conventional-form privy mark which has a cabled circle within which are the initials W, and S ligatured with C or O. The upper feature shaped like a number 4 is simply a conventional finial, while at the full base there may have been a pair of 'X'-like motifs. The rear face has an integral "blob", the remains of a rivet. There is a c…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-3BF394
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A cloth seal from Augsburg in Germany, for an imported fustian textile (mixed linen and cotton). One side bears a pine cone (the symbol of Augsburg) within a circular frame of arches and trefoils. The other side shows an ox passant (a quality symbol).
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-CB8123
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead two-part cloth seal of early/mid seventeenth century date, Norfolk/Norwich issue (c. AD 1600 - c. AD 1650). Length 22.2mm, width 20.0mm and 1.7mm thick. Weight 3.84g. The circular disc is disc 1 of a two-part seal. A small portion of the connecting strip has survived. The front has moulded capital letters in three lines: TO/NAR-/W-. The complete lettering would probably have been: TO/NARO/WE, indicating that the cloth was narrower than the regulation stipulated by the system of quality control known as Alnage. The reverse has the stub of the integral ri…
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IOW-405384
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, late sixteenth or seventeenth century (c. AD 1575 – c. AD 1700). Length: 25.6; width: 15.7mm and 3.0mm thick. Weight: 7.94g. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and has slightly convex sides. It appears to have been made from a piece of lead which has been folded and soldered along one edge. One face has a clear stamp consisting of an inscription: XLIIII∙ within a rectangle formed by beading. The other face has part of a similar beaded rectangle containing the letter W with S H above. The object is damaged and has a bu…
Created on: Sunday 9th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-3237F5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A four-disc lead cloth seal (the discs are joined by a strip, which has been folded, and the rivet has been pushed through the fourth disc and hammered to hold the seal in place). The second disc is stamped with the two conjoined shields of the Commonwealth, one with St George's cross, the other with the harp of Ireland, and the third disc has a shield having two shearmen's hooks over a teasel plant, with a chevron erminois - the arms of the Clothworkers' Company, who seem to have taken on a role in cloth sealing nationally in the 1650s. The seal dates to the Commonwealth period, 1650…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ripon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-0517C5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval to post medieval lead alloy cloth seal, 25mm long, 21mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 8.85grams. The seal is a two part type consisiting of two discs held together by a narrow strip. They have been folded over to seal them and one side has faint traces of the impression. The letters I,O and possibly N can be seen.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS-6DA944
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, a shield bearing: A pale; on a chief quarterly, four lions passant (arms of Rotterdam: Vert a pale Argent; on a chief Or quarterly four lions passant 1 & 4 Sable 2 & 3 Gules) within a fragmentary inscription: ROTT...DA...
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-167F56
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, 20mm in diameter and 5mmthick. The object is in good condition with a grey patian and weighs 14.08grams. The object is a two part seal, consisting of two discs with a strap joinging them. One side is decorated with arope effect border which contsins the letter V above an ox? rearing up facing left. The other side contains traces of a shield, whose upper half is decorated with rectangles containing dots. The shield sits on a dotted border.
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-17A7C1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date(c. AD 1650 - c. AD 1705). A seal for the Norfolk Weavers' Company worsteds. Disc 2 of a two-part seal (disc 1 is missing). -//WOR/STED/REFOR/[MED]. A textile impression is visible on the underside of the disc. A similar seal has been published by Egan. See Egan 1994, 46-48, fig. 22, ref. 87.
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-FE3202
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Post medieval lead alloy three part circular cloth seal, 19mm in diameter and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 7.94grams. It is decorated on one side with a raised crowned portculis, which dates it to Elizabeth 's reign.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2008
Last updated: Sunday 24th October 2021
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Record ID: IOW-52B883
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A incomplete cast lead probable cloth seal of probable seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Diameter: 18.1mm. Weight: 2.06g. The disc has a raised design on one side consisting of beaded circle containing a figure 8 (or possibly a letter B) with a possible date below: 8 [?]/16?? Around the outside of the circle there are traces of an inscription which is severely worn and indeterminate. The other side of the disc is rough and plain. However, some marks on this side may be textile impressions. Small indentations around the edge may be where connecting strips joine…
Created on: Sunday 14th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-79D6B7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. Probably sixteenth to eighteenth century. Length: 19.6mm; width: 17.8mm and 4.0mm thick. Wight: 3.66g. The seal consists of part of one disc and the rivet head. The rivet head has a raised letter W with curving raised lines below. The rear face of the incomplete disc has traces of a textile impression. Buff patina and old breaks. A similar cloth seal with a letter W is illustrated by Egan (Egan 1994, 84, fig. 32, ref. 236). This example is dated ?sixteenth to eighteenth century.
Created on: Tuesday 16th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-4694F7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of possible seventeenth century date (AD 1600 - AD 1700). Length: 15.7mm; width: 12.1mm; thickness: 5.0mm; weight: 3.37g. One side has a the remains of a beaded circle, but due to wear, no other detail is visible. The opposite side has a textile impression. The seal has a buff patina overall.
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-55BEA5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and misshapen cast lead cloth seal, probably of late seventeenth to eighteenth century date c. AD 1675 - c. AD 1800). Length: 39.0mm; width: 26.9mm; thickness: 5.7mm; weight: 16.67g. The seal is of two discs with an adjoining strip. Disc 1: moulded 8-pointed star Disc 2: (rivet head) inscribed numerals: 92 above a horizontal line and 43 (or 47) below.
Created on: Monday 9th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-CCDA04
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but damaged cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500 – c. AD 1650). Diameter: 21.7mm; thickness: 3.7mm; weight: 6.72g. A two-disc seal with a connecting strip. This cloth seal is corroded and worn. Consequently, it is difficult to determine the design on each face. However, it is probably a seal of Augsburg in Germany where fustians (mixed linen-warp and cotton-weft fabrics) were produced. [Pine-cone] (possibly) // ornate A with a chevron bar. The pine-cone is the heraldic badge of the city of Augsburg. Examples are illustrated in Egan 1995.  
Created on: Friday 27th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-50A876
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast lead cloth seal, probably issued during the reign of Queen Anne. This disc was probably part of a four-disc seal from the series featuring a monarch's head. As Egan (1994, 60) states, the relief designs on these alnage seals are characterised by fine detail resulting from well-engraved dies. The disc bears a female bust facing left, that of Queen Anne surrounded by the inscription: FIDEI DEFEN (Defender of the Faith). The side with bust has a shiny buff patina and the rear side is plain and has a rough surface with a buff patina. Contemporary cloth sea…
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F329D6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete cast lead cloth seal. Probably eighteenth or nineteenth century. The seal is a two-disc seal with a complete connecting strip. Disc 1: 100 (stamped) with 45 below (inscribed) // (on rivet) 45 (inscribed). The seal has a buff patina overall and the edges of both discs are broken in places.
Created on: Friday 10th April 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: WAW-7FB833
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead seal, two discs linked together by a tab and now joined back to back. One face bears two elaborate crowns the other three pears within a cabled ring
Created on: Saturday 23rd May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alcester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-CE7EB7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead two part Norwich Weaver’s Company cloth seal of Post-Medieval date (1650-1705). The seal has a rectangular connecting strip that is 2.7 x 7.0mm. and has two integral discs. Disc 1 has raised numerals: 28 ½ (in two lines). The head of the lead rivet in between the two discs joining them together is visible on this disc. Disc 2 has a raised inscription in four lines: [W]OR/[S]TED/REFOR/MED The artefact is in good condition. 22.6 x 20.1 x 3.6mm. Weight: 6.92g. A similar example, although for a textile length of 27 yards in length, is illustrat…
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.