2024-03-19T06:20:01+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results179120Somerset100CountyStruck or hammeredPOST MEDIEVAL1Metal detectorSOM7C6D48.jpg10578Generated from computer mapping software1105251PM4DistrictCertain4SOM434621800Restricted Accessx410479.55Mendip110942020-03-23T16:25:07ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
Post Medieval lead cloth searchers seal formed of a rectangular strip of lead folded in half. The ends of the strip are secured by an integral rivet on one going through a hole in the other and being stamped flat with a crown stamp. Stamped on the strip (prior to bending) is: G' . FRANKS, mainly on one face. On the other face, the other way up, is 17- 60 with the 17 and 60 divided by three deeply stamped parallel lines. The seal is 42.0mm long 14.3mm wide, at the flattened end, 10.6mm wide at the fold and 4.0mm thick. It weighs 9.55g. The strip was 1.3mm thick.
Searchers were officials appointed (sometimes by local Acts) to ensure quality control and prevent fraud in the production of woollen cloths. These types of leaden seals indicated that the cloth had been checked to ensure that the cloth had not been stretched or otherwise tampered with.
Rectangular searchers seals of various similar forms are known from different parts of the country including Worcestershire (Egan 1994, 86-7), Yorkshire (see LIN-57C813 on this database) and Gloucestershire (see LIN-57C813). While likely to date to the 18th century the three deeply stamped lines may suggest the 17 60, rather than being a date is actually a length and possibly a weight. Similar lines are found on examples from other areas, see Egan (1994, 87) no. 245 for an example. He suggests, by parallel to other examples that that may be a Cornish type.
G . Franks has not been identified, although it is a name found locally in the 18th century, and it may not be a Somerset clothier / searcher but from cloth imported from elsewhere in the country. SUR-43C09D on this database, from Oxfordshire, is particularly similar in design and may be from the same series.
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A large lead-alloy uniface Post-medieval disc related to those which usually form part of a four-part cloth seal. The front face has a design cast in relief of a crowned triple-rose with flowering plant motif at the sides within a outer pellet border. The back is plain and the sides, which are in good condition are complete. There is no sign of any attachment site for tabs which would normally link this disc to the rest of the seal. There is a slight distortion to the edge at the site of a c. 1mm in diameter hole placed c. 1mm from the edge at the bottom of the object. The piercing has been done from the front.
The disc is 38.6mm in diameter, 2.0mm thick and weighs 15.64g.
Egan (1993:74-5 & 179, fig. 28) illustrates an almost identical example, no. 197 which, in contrast to this example, has broken tabs to attach it to the rest of a four part seal with this forming one of the inner discs. He states that the precise function of these large (almost 4cm diameter) and well-made seals carrying the national arms remains 'enigmatic'. He associates them with the alnage system but queries how they relate to the much commoner, smaller and less highly decorated seals. He states that some of these inner discs retain evidence of gilding and all such discs may originally have been gilded (though no trace remains on the current example). It may be that such seals were used for the most expensive drapery such as silk or lace, or cloth incorporating precious metals or jewels but this is currently speculation.
The object's date, by parallel to the cloth seals, may be from the reign of Elizabeth I to that of George I (Egan, ibid) but a detailed stylistic comparison with other known examples, particularly of the side foliage, would be needed for a more precise date range.
While clearly stylistically and in form identical to the inner discs of the four part cloth seals the lack of tabs suggest it cannot have been used in this way. It may perhaps have been attached to cloth through the piercing. If, as speculated, such seals were used on the most expensive cloths there may have been resistance to the size of hole needed to take the usual cloth seal rivet.
It is possible that similar items on the PAS database have been identified as tokens or mounts: the very similar DUR-B81853 is described as a badge. BH-B24F64 is also similar but altered for re-use as a toy
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Part of a Medieval to Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to between cAD1300 to 1700. Only the central rivet of the seal remains with a small part of the back plate it was cast integrally to. The front is stamped with a fleur de lis, the back is plain. It measures 12.99mm in length, 9.70mm in width, 3.88mm in thickness and weighs 2.32g.
Due to the limited amount of the design visible, close dating is not possible.
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Fragment of a two part lead cloth seal. Part of the ring, disk and plug between them survives. It is stamped on both sides. Obverse: Crown over shield of England, the inscription is very worn but would have read [S'VLII'PAO'VIALLE'LON']. Reverse: ornate shield with equal armed cross, each arm made of thee lines, with sword in the first quarter (arms of London) L[ONDINI PRO PANNIS LANI]CIS. The seal measures 24.47mm in diameter, 3.25mm in thickness and weighs 7.66g.
There are similar seals recorded by Egan (Egan, 1994, p. 167, no. 40, p. 170, no. 61). Egan (1994, 40) notes several examples of this type of seal from London and elsewhere and indicates that they are generally dated 1564 and 1573.
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An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal from the late 16th to 17th century. The surviving part consists of one near complete disc which has at one point been pierced by a rivet integral to a second disc, both of which are now lost.
The disc is now sub-circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. At the disc's centre there is a D-shaped hole through which a rivet would have been pierced. The front of the surviving disk has been stamped leaving a raised beaded bordered placed just inside the edge of the disc which surrounded the raised design of a boar or ship with two sails. The reverse of this disc is flat with an impression of the cloth; too little remains to give a thread count but it might be a twill or other heavy fabric.
The cloth seal is a creamy white colour. It outside edges irregularly chipped around much of its circumference.
The cloth seal has a diameter of 15.7mm, it is 1.9mm thick and weighs 1.88 grams.
The fragment is from a cloth seal and ones with personal designs and images such as this often date to the 16th and 17th century. Norfolk Walloon seals have a ship but it does not seem to be of the same form.
Laura Burnett25Odcombe CPSOM-BE74CC9675661SCC Receipt 018230POST MEDIEVALCLOTH SEALRestricted Accessfinds-967566418SOM-BE745BIncomplete1500x41047images/edwardcaswell99/11069373PAS5D5BE745001BFA42019-08-20T13:27:49ZCertainx4104712019-04-06T23:00:00Z362019-06-30T23:00:00ZPOST MEDIEVALLead Alloy41427PM1Exactly36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:15:27.828ZSomerset10CountyCastPOST MEDIEVAL1Metal detectorSOMBE2A7A.jpg105782019From finder1102384PM2.2DistrictCertain1SOM104951698Restricted Accessx410471.6South Somerset110952020-01-02T08:32:56ZReturned to finderSouth WestExactly
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal from the late 17th century. The surviving part consists of one incomplete disc with part of an integral rivet projecting from its reverse. The connecting strip, further discs and part of this disc are now missing.
The disc is now D-shaped, although it would have been circular in plan. It is now missing almost half of one side of the disc. From the reverse there are the remains of a circular projecting rivet that now only projects 0.1mm, there is a trace of a letter on the remaining portion. The front of the surviving disc has been stamped leaving the raised inscription [...]S CO//[...]B LE/[...]R. The back has clear impressions from the cloth. Possibly a tabby or plain weave of around 40 to 44 threads to the inch.
The cloth seal is a creamy white colour and is 17.1mm long, which would have been its diameter originally, 12.7mm wide, 2.2mm thick including the surviving portion of the rivet, and weighs 1.60 grams.
Stuart Elton has kindly commented: This is a Norwich Weavers' Company cloth seal from 1698 with the surname initial of the twelve wardens for that year as recorded in the Norwich Mayor's Court Book held at the Norfolk Records Office in Norwich, Vol.26 (fol. 46v/47):- John Lombe, Bartho Meadhurst, Tho Mott, Daniell, Shinn, Mathew Coats, John Grinley, James Garrett, Willm Blyth, John Bulwer, John Fox, Eleazer Durrant, Thomas Riches. The first six wardens are for Norwich and the last six are for the rest of Norfolk.
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A complete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1800
The surviving part consists of two complete discs with an integral rivet extending from the reverse of one, threading through a circular hole on the second and then being stamped flat over to hold them together. A connecting strip projects from both discs and is folded over.
Disc 1, the un-pierced disc, is circular in plan and is left plain.The rivet is integral to the reverse of disc one, is circular shaped and pierce disc two.
Disc 2 is also circular in plan, although almost half of its circumference has been chipped away but is otherwise a a near identical shape to Disc 1. It outer face and the rivet are stamped with a decorative design surrounding the seriffed initials I : L. These intials are surrounded by a beaded circular border. A further convex lines with knopped ends traces a quarter circle around the upper part of the letter L. There may have been further similar decoration around the I however this has been lost to the chips from this disc.
The cloth seal is a creamy white colour.
The cloth seal measures 29.7mm in length including the attachment strap, 18.1mm in width, 3.9mm in thickness and weighs 8.47 grams.
Cloth Seals are typically used between the 16th and 18th century (Egan 1994). This was probably a cloth seal used by a clothier, weaver, dyer or searcher. The letters likely represent the Initials of a Clothier, Weaver, Dyer or Searcher.
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A fragment of a Post-Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700
The surviving part consists of two incomplete discs with an integral rivet extending from the reverse of one, threading through a circular hole on the second and then being stamped flat over to hold them together. Only the portions of the discs above the rivet survive with the majority of their area and the the connecting strip for these seals now lost.
Disc 1, the un-pierced disc, is oval in plan with very abraded smooth edges. It has a raised M inscribed on its outer surface.
Disc 2 is sub-circular in plan and is far smaller, possibly only represented by the area attached by the rivet. This side also has raised decoration consisting of two straight lines meeting each other to form a 90 degree corner and a convex lines curving to meet the broken edge of the seal. These may represent letters, a makers mark or even a pictorial design, however too little of the design survives to be certain which.
The cloth seal is a very yellow white colour. The edges are all very rounded and worn.
The cloth seal measures 15.7mm in length, 9.3mm in width, 3.3mm in thickness and weighs 2.27 grams.
Cloth Seals are typically used between the 16th and 18th century. This was probably a cloth seal used by a clothier, weaver, dyer or searcher.
Edward Caswell15.725Ilminster CPSOM-6749A29670451SCC Receipt 018487POST MEDIEVALCLOTH SEALRestricted Accessfinds-967045129.36SOM-6748B3Fragment1500x41047images/edwardcaswell99/[...]M[...]11069197PAS5D56748B0012F342019-08-16T10:16:59ZCertainx4104712019-01-25T00:00:00Z362019-04-24T23:00:00ZPOST MEDIEVALLead Alloy41427PM1Circa36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:15:27.294ZSomerset100CountyCastPOST MEDIEVAL1Chance find during metal detectingSOM672BEA.jpg105782019From finder1103071PM4.2DistrictCertain1SOM104951700Restricted Accessx410472.52South Somerset110952019-08-16T10:11:21ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of a Post-Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700
The surviving part consists of two incomplete discs with an integral rivet extending from the reverse of one, threading through a circular hole on the second and then being stamped flat over to hold them together. The connecting strip for these seals is missing as is the the a large portion of disc 2 and much of the outer edge of disc 1.
Disc 1, the un-pierced disc, would have been circular in plan but is now very irregular in shape. approximately half of its original edge survives which is continuous. The opposite edge is broken irregularly with much of this half of the seal only surviving around above the integral rivet. Furthermore approximately one third of the surviving edge has also been folded backwards over disc one. From what is visible disc 1 appears to be undecorated. The rivet is integral to the reverse of disc one, is circular shaped and pierce disc two.
Disc 2 is may have beeb circular in plan however, all that now survives is an oval section that was squashed flat together with the rivet. The surviving outer surface, which is mostly represented by the rivet, has a raised inscription XX.
The cloth seal is a very yellow white colour.
The cloth seal measures 15.4mm in length, 11.8mm in width, 4.2mm in thickness and weighs 2.52 grams.
Cloth Seals are typically used between the 16th and 18th century. This was probably a cloth seal used by a clothier, weaver, dyer or searcher.
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A complete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700
The surviving part consists of two complete discs with an integral rivet extending from the reverse of one, threading through a circular hole on the second and then being stamped flat over to hold them together. A connecting strip projects from both discs and is folded over.
Disc 1, the un-pierced disc, is circular in plan and has been stamped with the inscription B W // 2 which are deeply recessed into the disc (c.2.0mm). The rivet is integral to the reverse of disc one, is circular shaped and pierce disc two.
Disc 2 is also circular in plan and a a near identical shape to Disc 1. It plain barring the rivet that is squashed against its outside surface.
The cloth seal is a very light grey colour. While the connecting strip is complete there is a clear break close to the edge of disc 2.
The cloth seal measures 34.7mm in length including the attachment strap, 20.3mm in width, 4.6mm in thickness and weighs 10.15 grams.
Cloth Seals are typically used between the 16th and 18th century. This was probably a cloth seal used by a clothier, weaver, dyer or searcher. The letters likely represent the Initials of a Clothier, Weaver, Dyer or Searcher. The use of deeply recessed letters is not particularly common on cloth seals, however there ae occasional examples of a cloth seal with such a design is published by Egan (1994: 174, No. 96, 184, No. 248) although none with this exact mark.
Edward Caswell34.725Ilminster CPSOM-66F0349670401SCC Receipt 018487POST MEDIEVALCLOTH SEALRestricted Accessfinds-9670401220.36SOM-66EF14Complete1500x41047images/edwardcaswell99/B W // 211069190PAS5D566EF100143D42019-08-16T09:53:05ZCertainx4104712019-01-25T00:00:00Z362019-04-24T23:00:00ZPOST MEDIEVALLead Alloy41427PM1Circa36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:15:27.289ZSomerset100CountyCastPOST MEDIEVAL1Chance find during metal detectingSOM6694E6.jpg105782019From finder1103071PM4.5DistrictCertain4SOM104951700Restricted Accessx410473.42South Somerset110952019-08-16T09:30:04ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A complete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700
The surviving part consists of two complete discs with two integral flat tabs extending from the reverse of one, threading through two slots on the second and then being folded over to hold them together. A connecting strip projects from both discs and is folded over.
Disc 1, the un-pierced disc, is circular in plan and appears to be plain. The tabs are integral to disc one, sub-triangular shaped and pierce disc two.
Disc 2 is also circular in plan and a a near identical shape to Disc 1. It is stamped with the initials T R divided by a vertical line running down the seal. This vertical line is part of a privy mark which at its top has two V shaped design extending from the vertical lines, one under the other.
The cloth seal is a yellow white colour. Approximately one third of Disc 1, that opposite the side from which the connecting tab extends, has been folded over itself hiding much of the disk.
The cloth seal measures 16.6mm in length including the attachment strap, 17.6mm in width, 4.5mm in thickness and weighs 3.42 grams.
This was probably a cloth seal used by a clothier, weaver, dyer or searcher. The use of a merchants mark suggests a broad late 16th to 18th century date. A number of comparable seals are published by Egan (1994: 181-183) although none with this exact mark.
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A complete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal of the Norwich Weavers Company, from the late 17th century. The surviving part consists of two complete discs with an integral rivet extending from one and threading through a circular on the second before being squashed into the reverse of this second disc to hold them together. A connecting strip projects from both discs and is folded over.
Disc 1, the un-pierced disc, is circular in plan and stamped leaving the raised inscription [WOR//S]TED // [R]EFOR//MED (Worsted Reformed). The rivetis integral to disc one, is circular in plan, concial shaped, and pierces disc two.
Disc 2 is also circular in plan and a a near identical shape to Disc 1. It is not possible to identify the design on this surface although severely abraded lines would suggest there was a stamp.
The cloth seal is a yellow white colour and measures 24.7mm in length including the attachment strap, 19.5mm in width, 3.4mm in thickness and weighs 5.69 grams.
Worsted was a lighter type of woollen cloth made using stronger and finer threads, originally produced by the spinners of Worsted in Norfolk. A similar example is illustrated by Egan (1994, 48, 173, no. 86) Also see Elton (2017), p112, as well as SWYOR-2CB19D, LON-CF3834, PUBLIC-8FC4A8 and BERK-949CCB
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A Post-Medieval lead cloth alnage seal, probably dating to c. 1525-1610 but possibly as late as 1724 (see below). It comprises discs 1 and 2 of a two-part seal together. The connecting strip between these has been entirely lost.
Disc-1 is stamped with a depiction of a crowned portcullis with the letter E at the top left corner of the portcullis and the letter R at the top right. This design is surrounded by a raised circular border that meets the crown. There is an inscription running around the outside of this border but this is illegible barring a single letter M due to loss on the right side of the disc and abrasion where the text survives.
Disc-2 is mostly flat although there are a series of irregular slightly raised lines and scratch marks.
The seal is oval in shape and measures 18.27mm in length, 17.9mm in width, and 2.1mm thick. The seal weighs 3.52 grams.
Egan (1994: 9) notes that the portcullis was "the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into the early seventeenth century". Similarly Elton (2017: 223) states that the design 'may have continued into the early years of James I', which implies a date of c1610. However, the design does appear to have occurred on later seals, for example DENO-681C35 and no. 151 published by Egan (ibid: 178) from the reign of Queen Anne. The letters E and R are likely to stand for Elizabeth Regina and so this seal is likely to date to her reign.
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Two inner discs from an incomplete four-part lead cloth seal dating from the 17th century to the early 18th century, possibly to William III (AD 1689-1702). The discs have broken connecting strips each side, one of which would have been bent in half to place them back to back, the other would have led to another two disks joined by a rivet. One disk is now completely plain, with no indication whether it was originally so. The other disk is considerably smaller, possibly through manufacturing error or old damage. This disc is imprinted with a double border, the inner plain line and outer pelleted. Within these there is a complex crown. This is formed of an open crown surmounted by a double arch. Above the centre of the double arch there is a cross with its base on an orb or pellet.
The object measures 19.7mm in length, 14.6mm in width and is 3.8mm thick across the strip-ends; it weighs 2.61g.
Records SOM-6662B8, NLM-756513 and SUR-A873AA on the PAS database have crown designs occupying the whole of one disc. This design of seal was produced in several areas in the late 17th century, including locally in Taunton, and was probably for serge cloth. The size of the crown in this example suggests that it may not have taken up the entire disc but is too large to have surmounted designs such as a rose or portcullis. However, it is possible that there may have been other features below the crown such as numerals indicating the amount of alnage subsidy applied; such designs are found associated with William III. In addition, the remaining part of the design is not inconsistent with examples found in the earlier part of the 17th century or during the reign of George I in the 18th century. The proposed date range therefore covers this wider span, though with a preference for a William III alnage issue.
Laura Burnett19.79West Crewkerne CPSOM-C2D60D9659611SCC receipt 018229POST MEDIEVALCLOTH SEALRestricted Accessfinds-9659611114.66SOM-C05877Incomplete1600x41047images/nonnbound68/11069254PAS5D4C05870017C542019-08-08T12:20:39ZCertainx4104736POST MEDIEVALLead41427PM1Circa36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:15:26.609ZSomerset100CountyPOST MEDIEVAL1Metal detectorSOMAD0782.jpg105782019Generated from computer mapping software1104491PM3.5DistrictCertain4SOM43462Restricted Accessx410474.2Mendip110942020-09-18T10:12:03ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A complete two disc lead cloth seal (probably), which is post-medieval in date.The disc is sub-circular in plan and has a folded connecting strip to attach it to the reverse. This strip is rectangular if unfolded, and sub-rectangular in profile. One piece has a stamping of a 'privy' or 'merchants' mark which mainly consists of a large 'V' shape, which possibly continues off the piece into a 'W' or 'M'. On the reverse of the parallel disc is a lightly scratched 'X'
The object measures 19.6mm long, 13.6mm wide and 3.5mm thick. The weight is 4.20g. The seal has a cream-grey coloured patina on the majority of it.
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 are mentioned in Egan (1994: 183, Fig 32, no. 241/243), where the mark in these figures show what the privy of this seal would be in its full design. On these suggestions, the privy for this seal would only be shown as the bottom of the stamp, with the rest of it missing the lead.
Sabrina Ruffino19.69Wanstrow CPSOM-AD0DE59658191SCC Receipt 018212POST MEDIEVALCLOTH SEALRestricted Accessfinds-9658191113.66SOM-AD0782Completex41047images/hazelcrabb/11099487PAS5D4AD0780012A442019-08-07T14:22:00ZCertainx410472019-04-26T23:00:00Z362019-07-26T23:00:00ZPOST MEDIEVALLead41427PM1Circa36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:15:26.475ZSomerset100CountyPOST MEDIEVAL1Metal detectorSOMABDB52.jpg105782019Generated from computer mapping software1104491PM6.8DistrictCertain2SOM434621625Restricted Accessx410476.41Mendip110942020-09-18T10:19:05ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
An incomplete two disc lead cloth seal dated from the reign of William III, making it post-medieval. The disc is circular in plan and joined to a reverse tab, by a folded connecting strip (which makes up part of the reverse tab). This is rectangular if unfolded, and trapezeoid in profile. There is the start of a connection to another piece opposite the tab, but this piece has been broken off. The disc bears a relief-stamped crown, with the initials 'WR' stamped below. Because cloth seals were discontinued by the reign of William IV, it is likely that the seal is of William III.
The object measures 22mm long, 19.9mm wide and 6.8mm thick. The weight is 6.41g. The seal has a cream coloured patina on the majority of it.
Some similar seals are: WAW-72EED5 and SUR-848353.
Sabrina Ruffino229Wanstrow CPSOM-ABDC8A9657761SCC Receipt 018212POST MEDIEVALCLOTH SEALRestricted Accessfinds-9657761119.96SOM-ABDB52Incomplete1603x41047images/hazelcrabb/11099485PAS5D4ABDB500122942019-08-07T13:01:57ZCertainx410472019-04-26T23:00:00Z362019-07-26T23:00:00ZPOST MEDIEVALLead41427PM1Circa36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:15:26.453ZSomerset100CountyPOST MEDIEVAL1Metal detectorSOMAB5113.jpg10578Generated from computer mapping software1104491PM4.5DistrictCertain2SOM434621688Restricted Accessx410475.95Mendip110942020-09-18T10:21:32ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
An incomplete two disc lead cloth seal dated from the reign of James I (1603-1625), making it post-medieval. The two discs are circular in plan and joined at an end by a folded connecting strip. which would be rectangular in plan if unfolded, and rectangular in profile. On one side of the seal, the disc adjacent to the connecting strip bears a relief-stamped crowned royal shield as employed from the reign of James I (1603-1625) to James II (1685-1688), indicating that the seal is probably an alnage seal. The stamp however, is missing the quartering on the top right and bottom left opposing panels, yet the harps and the 'R' initialling to the right of the shield still remain. The assumed 'E' has been abraded, along with a small portion of the left of the shield. It may be that this is an error on the alnager's behalf. The opposing disc [reverse] appears plain, however there is some indentation of linear lines, but this may be an impression of. e.g. fabric caused during stamping.The object measures 21.1mm long, 18.3mm wide and 4.5mm thick. The weight is 5.95g.
Some similar seals are: SOM-6198F1, SOM-AB03A2, and BH-767AC7.
Sabrina Ruffino21.19Wanstrow CPSOM-AB57ED9657381SCC Receipt 018212POST MEDIEVALCLOTH SEALRestricted Accessfinds-9657381118.36SOM-AB5113Incomplete1603x41047images/hazelcrabb/11099488PAS5D4AB5110013B742019-08-07T12:25:05ZCertainx4104736POST MEDIEVALLead41427PM1Circa36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:14:37.989ZSomerset100CountyPOST MEDIEVAL1Metal detectorSOMAB03A2.jpg105782019Generated from computer mapping software1104491PM11.7DistrictCertain4SOM434621688Restricted Accessx4104710.85Mendip110942020-09-18T10:22:57ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A complete four disc lead cloth seal dated from the reign of James I (1603-1625), making it post-medieval. The discs are circular in plan and joined at an end by a folded connecting strip. On one side of the seal, the disc adjacent to the connecting strip bears a relief-stamped crowned royal shield as employed from the reign of James I (1603-1625) to James II (1685-1688), indicating that the seal is probably an alnage seal. The stamp however, is missing the quartering on the top right and bottom left opposing panels, yet the harps and the 'I / R' initialling to the left and right still remain. It may be that this is an error on the alnager's behalf. The opposing disc [reverse] is plain.The object measures 34.6mm long, 18.4mm wide and 11.7mm thick. The weight is 10.85g.
Some similar seals are: SOM-6198F1, SOM-AB5113, and BH-767AC7.
Sabrina Ruffino34.69Wanstrow CPSOM-AB22C69657191SCC Receipt 018212POST MEDIEVALCLOTH SEALRestricted Accessfinds-9657191118.46SOM-AB03A2Complete1603x41047images/hazelcrabb/11099486PAS5D4AB03A00120342019-08-07T12:04:26ZCertainx410472019-04-26T23:00:00Z362019-07-26T23:00:00ZPOST MEDIEVALLead41427PM1Circa36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:15:26.417Zfinds-964695964695SOM-F05F37CLOTH SEALPOST MEDIEVALAn incomplete four disc cloth seal comprising the inner two disc probably dating between c.AD 1500-1700.
The discs have a complete connecting strip on one side which is bent in half to place them back to back. There is a scar from the loss of the connecting strip on the opposite edge of both discs which would have led to another two disks joining the whole seal by a rivet. Both discs are very abraded and bent such that it is not possible to confidently date the design on their surface although they they may have faint traces of writing.
The cloth seal discs each measure 14.4mm long, 13.5mm wide, 19mm thick (while their combined thickness is 4.2mm). They weigh 2.88 grams. The total cloth seal is 21.0mm long.
Without a clear design it is not possible to confidently identify a date or origin location for the cloth seal however the possible presence of writing may indicate that it was a seal for a weaver, dyer or searcher used between the 16th and 17th century3636150016504SOM2019-01-25T00:00:00Z2019-04-25T00:00:00ZSCC Receipt 0184872019-07-29T15:42:59Z2023-11-28T09:34:05Z2.88PAS5D3F05F300176C4.213.52112512141427105781030710495SomersetSouth SomersetRestricted AccessIlminster CPRestricted Access6SOM-F065FELead Alloy11095IncompletePOST MEDIEVALx41047POST MEDIEVALx41047x41047Metal detectorReturned to finderSOMF05F37.jpg1069215images/edwardcaswell99/South WestCertain12023-11-28T09:34:05.112ZSomerset100CountyPOST MEDIEVAL1Metal detectorSOM9BD482.jpg105782019From finder1103071PM3.9DistrictCertain4SOM104951700Restricted Accessx410476.51South Somerset110952019-08-14T12:22:39ZReturned to finderCirca
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1500 to 1700.
The surviving part consists of two complete discs with an integral rivet attached to the first and piercing and then being squashed over the second. A short connecting strip projects from both discs and is folded.
The main disc is flat and would have been circular in form although it is now irregular around its edges which have been bent and broken. The outside surface of this disc is flat and plain. Its reverse has the remains of an integral rivet which has been stamped flat. The squashed diameter of this rivet is 11.3mm. On the rivet are the remains of a stamped design. This takes the form of a four pronged portcullis that has four cross bars. It is surrounded by a slightly raised circular border. Disc 2 is pierced by this rivet but is otherwise plain being similar in dimensions to Disc 1.
The seal is a yellow white colour and well preserved barring the fragmented edge already mentioned.
The seal measures 22.4 long including the tab, 18.5mm wide, 3.9mm thick and weighs 6.51 grams.
A similar design to this seal is Illustrated by Egan (1994, 43, 172, No.70) which he suggests originated in Norfolk (specifically Norwich). He suggests this form dates in the either a clothier, weaver, dyer or searcher. He dates this example between the 16th and 17th (ibid). Similar examples on the database are NLM-A048EF and WMID-269FD9
Edward Caswell22.425Ilminster CPSOM-9BD5FD9643501SCC Receipt 018487POST MEDIEVALCLOTH SEALRestricted Accessfinds-9643501118.56SOM-9BD482Complete1500x41047images/edwardcaswell99/11068864PAS5D39BD4800121142019-07-25T15:31:36ZCertainx410472019-01-25T00:00:00Z362019-04-24T23:00:00ZPOST MEDIEVALLead AlloyPM1Circa36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:15:25.405Z