Record ID: LVPL-C65EB9
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead cloth seal of post-medieval date (c.AD 1600-1800). The seal is circular in plan with a rectangular protrusion which is the joining strip. One face has the remaining letters […]TED[…]TOR. Possibly the initials or name of a company that issued the seal, however most detail has been lost. The reverse also appears to have been decorated however it his heavily worn and illegible. Dimensions: Diameter 20.6mm, Length 24.3mm, Thickness 3.0mm, Weight 5.49g. Cloth seals were lead seals attached to industrially produced cloths as part of ‘the alnage’:…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-1339E5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete disc from a cast lead-alloy cloth, or alnage, seal dating from the post-medieval period, probably the reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714), dating to 1707-1714. The obverse shows the post 1707 arms of Great Britain, surmounted by a lion passant above the crown and with the arms supported by the lion and the unicorn with rose and thistle beneath them. The arms are encircled with the garter motto: HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE; below the arms is a banner bearing the legend DIEU ET MON DROIT, now truncated. Traces of a gilt finish survive in places. Measurements: c. 38 mm diam…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upton Pyne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8B7AD5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal dating to circa AD 1500-1700. The surviving piece consists of a single disc (disc 1) of a two our four-part cloth seal. An integral lead alloy rivet projects from the reverse. The front face of the disc is stamped with an uncertain design. The disc is incomplete with a broken edge, precluding identifying the design. Diameter: 17.4mm; Thickness: 3.1mm; Weight: 5.79g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5DA297
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy bag or bale seal. Complete circular seal with two circular discs and the folded attachment loop. One disc has what appears to be an apple tree with a picket fence over it and three pellets to is left. It is either a debased or early form of the pinecone surmounted by a border. The other side has a central circular depression, over which is an A in relief with no apparent annulets. Dates to between c1500 and c1700 AD. The only parallels on the database are lead or lead alloy, not copper alloy. It may be that the copper alloy signifies a higher quality ma…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 4th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WALTON-LE-DALE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CB300C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, two-part, circular, diameter 17mm, without a legend. Twelve-leaved flower or "dodecafoil" / twelve-leaved flower or "dodecafoil" . 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-AB15F3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy cloth seal that has a modern date (c.AD 1800-1900) Half of a cloth seal. One side has a circular, wheel-like motif, apparently connected to a stand. The other side has written script, but is too corroded to be read. Only two L's and the numeral 2 are clear.
Created on: Monday 17th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 29th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Comberbach', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYMM157
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Scallop shaped body with tapering 'tail'. Tail bent over to meet back of body. Fixed in place with copper alloy rivet. face of main body concave in profile. Uppermost side appears to have higher quality of finish than downward facing side. Appears to have been made from sheet. sides of main body curved downwards towards rivet.
Created on: Thursday 15th October 1998
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HUMBERSIDE WILBERFOSS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AA2697
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Post Medieval possibly two-disc cloth seal, probably dating to AD 1600-1700. Only the disc with the rivet survives; it has an unclear stamp on the back face while the squashed end of the rivet, on the opposite face, it bears a stamp depicting an incomplete beaded circle enclosing a beaded transverse line with letters above [...]E[...], and below CH[...]. Cf Egan (1995). Diameter: 18.22mm Thickness: 3.00mm Weight: 3.95g
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9010C2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy cloth seal.There is a squashed integral stud on the obverse with no distinguishable decoration.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-043668
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uniface copper alloy bag or bale seal dating to the post medieval period, c. 1600-1800. The object is damaged and its original circular shape has been transformed into a crescent topped by a triangle, closely fitted to the decorative design. This depicts in relief a three masted sailing ship under full sail. The ship appears to be a galleon or man o'war style ship, with its carefully depicted multi level decks. The lowered forecastle is slightly awkward in its depiction, but has been deliberately emphasised. Particular attention has also been paid to the wooden balcony around t…
Created on: Friday 10th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-8B8946
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly part of a Post Medieval (1600-1800AD) cast lead cloth seal. Only one disc survives, there is a worn break on one edge. One surface has a raised circle, the other an illegible design, possibly within a lozenge. The artefact has a diameter of 22.3mm, is 2.2mm thick and weighs 5.95 grams.
Created on: Monday 31st December 2007
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brightlingsea', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-044D06
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval lead cloth seal, two-part, circular, diameter 18mm. Ornate A // rivet only, but parts of the pine cone and base are extant. For Augsburg fustian fabric (Egan 1994, 106, nos. 308-10). Mid 16th - mid 17th century. Field CAW18
Created on: Saturday 20th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-EA84FB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, large letter A (for mixed linen-warp and cotton weft fabrics from Augsberg, Germany) // damaged pine cone on rivet only. Cf. Egan (1994) nos.308-10. Diam. 19mm. 4mm thick. 16th/early 17th century.
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 15th November 2019
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Record ID: NMS-87FFE3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, two-part, circular, diameter 18.5mm. BB / BIWI / WR.. / CF.. // largely illegible [NO]RW[ICH]. The initials are those of the twelve wardens of the Norwich Weavers' Company for one year between 1650 and 1705 (Egan 1994, 46). Examples of this seal, for one of the years for which there is no surviving list, were recorded by Egan (1987, 192, 352 and 358). The non-recorded years were 1660-4, 1678 and 1686.
Created on: Monday 23rd December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-4FCCD3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very worn Dutch post-1815 seal for Customs and Excise, copper alloy and ?lead, and rather squashed at the sides. They are quite common in this country and went on all kinds of goods. The main side has the arms of Orange in a shield - a lion rampant brandishing a sword, on a field with rectangles. The other side - illegible here - often has R & A = Dutch initials of C & E. It measures 20x17x4mm and weighs 9.61g.
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CB542F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc 2 or 3 of a post-medieval lead 4-part cloth seal, circular, diameter 13mm. B h // origin unknown. Late 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st December 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-45BDAE
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead cloth seal. There are two main discs with a smaller one at either end, one with an integral stud and the other with a sub circular aperture which formed the means of attachment when the seal was folded. One disc has a cast design of a crowned fluer de lys. The othe disc has an incised letter W. Date: Medieval to Post Medieval- c. 1300 - 1650 AD. Dimensions: 21.07 mm x 15.32 mm x 1.33 mm Weight: 5.95 g
Created on: Wednesday 20th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 20th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-669DE3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, portcullis within illegible inscription.
Created on: Monday 15th December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-7F3BE7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal. Four disks. Blank // Crown / Lion / 1630 // Crown / 1637 // Blank. Length: 26mm, width: 11mm.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-50AA24
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval lead cloth seal: portcullis // blank (diam.>15mm) 17th-18th century.
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2012
Spatial data recorded.