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Record ID: SOM-DC223E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead cloth seal, dating to the period c.AD 1500-1750. The seal comprises a circular disk. The front depicts a bunch of grapes in raised relief. There is a raised rim from 11 o' clock to 2 o' clock on the reverse. There are two apertures at each side of this rim running between two the faces, and the apertures to the right of the rim have been pressed so that they are less distinctive. The reverse depicts the initials C M, each within a circle, and the seal has been slightly mis-struck so the lower half of the circles and letters are missing. A transverse ri…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Ivinghoe', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-A2B2F7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead four disc cloth seal comprising of four discs in two conjoined pairs, joined in the centre with a rectangular tab. The seal is bent in the centre at the tab so the pairs of disks are back to back. A projecting circular cross sectioned rivet on the inner side of one outer disk has been pushed through a circluar hole in the other outer disk and was originally stamped flat, joining them.
The outer discs are plain. One of the disks next to the tab has a raised, stamped design of an unclear design in a plain line border, possibly a crown. The other disk attach…
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 30th July 2015
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Record ID: SOM-51D050
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval lead cloth seal from Rotterdam in The Netherlands, with only the front part remaining. The shield contains the coat of arms of the city, 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). There are groups of three pellets above, below, and to the sides of the shield ( top and right remaining). Around the shield, outside of a pelleted circle is the inscription ROTTER[DAM]. On the back is the stub of the integral rivet that joined the two sides of …
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Zeals CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-FDA212
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Parts of one disc and the central rivet integral to that disc survive. The edges of the disc are very worn, probably partically missing along with the connecting strip. On outerfact of the disc is stamped the arms of Haarlam in the Netherlands on an elaborate shield, a vertical sword, with a cross pattee above, not visible here and four stars arranged two each side of the sword. Any legend has been lost with the outer edge. On the inner face of the disc is an impression of the cloth it was attached to, it appears to be a loose weave…
Created on: Thursday 16th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Mudford CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-EE9D2E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Parts of both discs and the central rivet survive. The edges of the discs are torn and folded in, with sections, and the connecting strip, missing. On the disc with the integral rivet is stamped the arms of Haarlam in the Netherlands on a shield, a vertical sword with a cross pattee avove and four stars arramged two each side. Above the shield is a six petalled flower made of pellets flanked by single pellets. There is a suggestion of lettering to the left of the shield but the broken and folded edges have rmoved most of the legend. …
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-EE33C3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Only one disc and the central rivet survive. The other disc and the connecting strip are all missing. The remaining disc has been bent over along two opposite sides. The visible part has a raised stamped design, possibly of the letters D and F, the D being retrograde, at the base of a long, central staff. Either side of the staff, above the letters, there is a small cross pattee, the one on right being very worn. There is a suggestion of a raised design ont he rivet but the details are unclear. There is no clear impression of the clot…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-EDE6EB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, of two disc type. One disc survives with the integral central rivet which previously held the two together. The edge is broken and torn at one point where the connecting strip has broken away along with the second, ring shaped, disc, the damage is the same patina as the rest of the fragment. The front has a raised design of the capital letters H and I (or IH) within a circular border of tiny pellets. Between the letters there is a four looped bow, above and below the letters the ends of the bow split and and in pellet flowers.
It is now 15.4mm b…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-ED4261
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal. The seal is of the two-disc type and one disc and the connecting rivet attached to it survive, although the other disc and the tab that previously linked the discs is missing. The remaining disc is stamped (offset) with the letters S W with a looped bow of four points between. Where visiable, there is a double border, one narrow, the outer wider and poelleted. On the rest of the disc appears to be part of a second stamped design with a pellet line and larger letteriing. The seal is now 19.5mm in diameter, 2.9mm thick and weighs 4.87 grams.
This…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-853DBC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Only half of one disc remains with the central rivet which would have attached it to the other disc. the other half of the disc, the second disc and the connecting strip are missing to old breaks. The back of the remaining disc is probably plain, a few scratches appear accidental rather than letters or numbering. The end of the rivet shows part of the stamped design possibly of lozenges or a W within a ropework border. It is now 25.0mm by 18.2mm, 3.6mm thick and it weighs 8.24 grams
This may be the remains of a privy mark used by…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-84C656
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Both discs remain with the central rivet and connecting strip which attached the discs together. The seal is now bent through the centre at 45 degrees and the edge of the lower seal is broken with about one tenth lost. A small part of the undamaged edge of the front seal shows a raised design with a pellet border around a plain line border and just below part of the border, three loops forming a bow. the design continues on the rivet, which is squashed and damaged by the fold and there appears to be the letters S W above the bow. The …
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-8444D7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Both discs remain with the central rivet which would have attached the discs together. The rivet was attached to the back disc, projected through the front disc and was stamped flat, bending it to one side and leaving the tip projecting. About 20% from the edge of one disk and the connecting strip have broken away with patinated breaks. The piece has a raised stamped design on one face, visible only on the rivet. The design is a merchants mark made of the letter W ( made of two V's overlapping), with a capital T or long cross vertical…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-F120F4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead four disc cloth seal, issued during the reign of Queen Anne from the series featuring a monarch's head. It is comprised of four discs in two conjoined pairs, joined in the centre with a rectangular tab, the discs adjacent to the tab are larger. The seal is bent in the centre at the tab so the pairs of disks are back to back. A projecting circular cross sectioned rivet on the inner side of one outer disk has been pushed through a circluar hole in the other outer disk and was originally stamped flat, joining them. The rivet has now been bent up again, allowing the…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-BFA41A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal for cloth, probably a type of serge, probably made in Wellington, Somerset. The seal appears to be of the two-disc type and both discs and the connecting rivet survive, although the tab that previously linked the discs is missing. The seal is 25.3mm in diameter, 2.8mm thick and weighs 9.24 grams.
The ring disc and rivet are stamped with a central design of a merchants mark in the form of a human foot over a elongated 4 with an R under the heel and an E under the toes. Around the central design is a line border and then the legend: .SAML. BUR[RI]D…
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Wellington CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-9AC6E2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a post medieval lead alnage or subsidy cloth seal. Part of a four-disc seal probably from the series featuring a monarch's head. The remaining section is the inner disc of a conjoined pair with part of the rectangular tab with joined the pairs on one side, now bent backwards. The remaining disc has a harp with I over 4 to the left and possibly an unclear symbol to the right all within a double border of a plain line within a pellet border. It measures 14.2mm wide by 13.2mm long, 1.1 mm thick excluding the tab and weighs 1.54g.
Egan (1994, 60) states 'the relief designs …
Created on: Thursday 11th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-83F4E6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, of two disc type, from Augsburg. One disc survives with the integral central rivet which previously held the two together. The edge is broken and torn at one point where the connecting strip has broken away along with the second, ring shaped, disc, the damage is the same patina as the rest of the fragment. The front has a raised design of a large letter A within a circular border of oval pellets alternating between ovals going around the circle and ones at right angles. On the back the rivet is stamped with part of the design of a pinecone, the res…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th September 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Alvediston CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-4AEAFC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval four part cloth seal with two connected pairs of two discs. The discs are adjacent to each other with the smaller discs of each pair attached together by a rivet from one which is pushed through the other and pressed flat. The larger discs are joined by a tab opposite the rivetted discs. The small discs have been stamped with the initials [...]ED showing in low relief on the side other to that where the rivet is squashed. The larger disc adjacent to this latter has the inscription [SO]MERSE[T] encircling the letter B within a beaded border. The other is stamped at 6 o'…
Created on: Wednesday 20th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 22nd August 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Membury CP', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SOM-8EA94D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of post-medieval lead-alloy cloth seals of two-disc types issued by Weres & Co. of Wellington, Somerset. For each, two discs are connected by a rivet that appears to survive, squashed and stamped and the centre. A third discoidal piece is retained between the discs. The outer surface bears a central inscription WERE'S / &. : Co : in two lines, below which a scallop shell, below which the inscription WELLINGTON, which follows the curve of the seal, all within a beaded border.
One example, found September 1999, has the raised numerals 33 on the inner surface within a …
Created on: Wednesday 30th July 2014
Last updated: Saturday 17th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wellington CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-FC748C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of post-medieval lead-alloy cloth seals probably of two-disc types issued by Weres & Co. of Wellington, Somerset. For each, two discs are connected by a rivet that appears to survive, squashed and stamped and the centre. The outer surface bears a design stamped in low relief of an asymmetrical sub-oval shield surrounded by the inscription which follows the circumference: WERE'S & Co : WELLINGTON. The shield bears the arms of the Were family; its heraldic description is taken from Burke's General Armory and therefore gives tinctures not visible on this monochromatic object: Arge…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Friday 1st August 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wellington CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-FBAE42
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern lead-alloy disc probably from a four-disc type cloth seal issued by Weres, Matravers & Fox of Wellington, Somerset. One disc survives, with cracks on the inner surface, and with stubs of strips for attachment at opposing ends. The outer surface bears a design stamped in low relief of a shield which at its base breaks through an outer band within which the inscription: WERES MATRAVERS & FOX WELLINGTON. The shield bears the arms of the Were family; its heraldic description is taken from Burke's General Armory and therefore gives tinctures not visible on this monochromatic objec…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wellington CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-042778
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Post Medieval two disc lead-alloy cloth seal. The seal is formed of two discs linked by a rectangular tab. One disc had a integral projecting rivet on the inner side, the other a hole through the centre. (The rivet went through the cloth, through the other seal and was stamped flat to hold the seal to the cloth.) The back disc (with rivet) is plain. The front disc and projecting end of the rivet are stamped with a merchants mark flanked by a date across the centre, 15/79, within a double circular border. The merchants mark has a vertical central line ending in an A with a top…
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 7th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wembdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.
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