Record ID: NARC-3AE365
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Bag seal of Modern date (AD 1910).  The object is circular and flat with rectangular openings in the sides. One side has a circumferential inscription which reads: POPERINGHE.VILLE/[HOUBLON] within the centre is the date 1910. The opposing side is the coat of arms for Poperinge. The object is a Belgian, Hop Seal. Diameter: 25.40mm, Thickness: 5.52mm, Weight: 23.5g The metal is cream in colour with a slightly pitted patina. See: http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: NARC-612D7B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Cloth Seal of Modern date (AD 1850-1950). The object is circular and flat with both faces bearing an identical motif, depicting two squirrels facing each other either side of a shield. Diameter: 13.86mm, Thickness: 2.47mm, Weight: 3.2g Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: CORN-B90C83, SWYOR-ABD31, WILT-75F46B and CAM-5C6C12. SWYOR-ABD311 notes: "A better preserved example is CORN-B92BB3 which is described as: "two squirrels facing each other, each holding the top of a shield. There is a banner abov…
Created on: Thursday 18th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-D4A780
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A uniface Post Medieval - Modern lead cloth seal dating c. 1750-1900. The seal comprises a two part seal with two circular discs with a short connecting strip. One side has scratched numbers, probably 50. Diameter: 33mm; thickness: 3.73mm and weight: 17.87g.
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: BERK-400AB9
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy bag seal dating to the Modern period (AD 1890-1930). The object is sub-circular in plan and rectangular in section. The object is decorated in low relief with a raised circular border on both sides. Obverse: oval shaped ribbon or garter with the word WEBBS in a banner crossing the top. At the bottom of the ribbon are two concentric circles with a lis in the centre. At the centre of the ribbon appears to be a foliate or rising sun motif. [REGISTERED / TRADEMARK] encircles the ribbon. Reverse: THE/  QU…
Created on: Sunday 15th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D49E18
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast disc with a pair of holes in opposite edges, to function as a drawstring bag closure. One side bears a stamped trade mark comprising crowned cabled rim and plain inner circle with a billeted bar across it with vegetal garniture, and the legend: GOOD SEEDS / CARRIAGE FREE / REGISTERED, with the larger legend: TRADE M[ARK RE]G[ISTERED] outside it. The opposite side is stamped centrally: SUTTON AND SONS, with an outer legend: SEEDSM[EN BY APPOINTMENT ENG]LAND. Founded in 1806, the firm was warranted by Queen Victoria in 1858. Suggested date: Modern, 1858 - c1900.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upper Hall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-F6DE8E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal of the English seed merchants or seedsmen Webb and Sons seed merchants dating to c.AD 1890-1930. The obverse depicts an oval shaped ribbon with the words GRASS - [...] - AND - [...] within it. There are two concentric circular borders at its top and bottom. The concentric borders contain  zigzagged line with the lower border having a lis in the centre. Across the top design is the banner reading WEBBS'. This design is topped by a crown. Around the outside is the inscription [REGISTERED]  TRADE MAR…
Created on: Friday 19th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 25th August 2022
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Record ID: OXON-F8C23E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead bag seal of Modern date AD 1890-1930. The bag seal is a cast disc with a bifurcated slot in opposed edges to function as a drawstring closure. One side has two concentric circular borders at its top and bottom. The concentric borders contain zigzagged line with the lower border having a lis in the centre. Across the top design is the banner reading WEBBS'. This design is topped by a crown. On the opposite surface is the inscription WEBB & SONS WORDSLEY STOURBRIDGE and in the centre reads THE/ QUEEN'S / SEEDSMAN The seal matrix is a cream colour. T…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
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Record ID: SUSS-4F5B27
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy cloth seal of the English seed merchants or seedsmen Webb and Sons seed merchants dating to c.AD 1890-1930. The seal matrix is a cream colour, with some corrosion on the edge. The obverse depicts an oval shaped ribbon with the words [GRA]SS AND [...] with two concentric circular borders at its top and bottom, and topped by a banner with the word [W]EB[BS] beneath a crown. The concentric borders contain zigzagged line but part of the lower border is missing. Around the outside is the inscription [R]E[GIS]/TERED [TRADE MARK]. The reverse has the inscri…
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-4D269A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy bag or sack seal dating from the early modern period, probably 18th/19th century AD. The seal is a simple one, with stamped letters 'T' on the obverse and a letter 'R' on the reverse, probably indicating the supplier's initial or some mark of quality.
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slyne-with-Hest', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-17A6BD
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: City of Nottingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy probably modern (c.1850-c.1950) Sumac spice bag seal from Palermo in Sicily, Italy. The seal would have been used for a bag of the spice Sumac, which was produced around Palermo. The seal is bifacial, circular when laid flat and rectangular in cross-section. There is a roughly cuboid stud protruding from the edge of the seal, probably used to block the slot through which the cord would have been attached. The object has a white patina and almost the whole surface is encrusted with dirt. Overall the object measures 18.34mm in diameter and weighs 7.62g. …
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-A6FC04
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead two-part cloth or bag seal probably dating from AD 1700 - 1900. Originally it had two circular discs joined by a tab, but only one now survives. The surviving disc has an integral oval tab which was pushed through a circular hole in the other disc before the seal was stamped. Part of an impressed deisgn is visible on the oval tab, in the form of raised, obliquely crossing lines. The complete disc is marked with scratched cursive writing which may read: (J)obb & / Ste(rl), but the letter forms are not clear. The seal measures 20.6mm long, 18.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick. 5.3g. Co…
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 10th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-D5D7B8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A four-part lead cloth seal dating from the early modern period, probably George I's reign, c. 1714-1727. Side 1: A bust facing right possibly of George I Side 2: A unicorn facing left, rampant, with a 2 below This is an alnage seal, that is a seal to show tax had been paid on the cloth. There is a close parallel in Egan (fig. 28 no.161) which is also George I. The number below the unicorn is the subsidy (tax) rate in pence paid on the cloth. Presumably the rate relates to the size and quality of the cloth.There is a wide range of designs and legends used on these and there…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hincaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-BA4EE7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy early Modern chemical fertiliser bag seal post dating 1881. The left hand image seems to read PHOSPHATFABRIK HOYERMANN HANNOVER. The numerals and letters across the centre probably represent the quantity in the bag. The other face incorporates the firms logo with a monogram for PH. The diameter is 20mm and the weight 17.05g. For a description of the founder of the firm Gerhard Hoyermann see Gerhard Hoyermann, Wikipedia. The following is an extract: "he developed from phosphorus slag a blast furnace plant fertiliser 'basic slag' for agriculture. In 1881 he founded the…
Created on: Monday 13th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2015
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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: SWYOR-3E93D6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded, lead alloy seal, possibly a modern cloth inspection seal dating from AD 1800 - 1950. The seal is a single sheet of lead which is folded double and fastened shut with a central rivet. One face, pierced by the fastening stud, has a rounded end and carries an impression in relief reading: "[...]IM(P)SON A[...]" round the edge. There are also two numbers: "36" which have been crudely inscribed with a sharp tool. The other face has a square end and carries an impression in relief of three lines of small, rectangular cartouches each containing a letter or number that read: [-]45//…
Created on: Monday 14th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: LVPL-F47B05
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: St. Helens
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern lead cloth seal (c AD 1800-1950). The seal is circular in plan with raised borders and the remains of a fabric stil intact between the two pieces of lead which are pressed together. One face of the seal reads 'BSC 19...', the back is blank. Probably an early 20th century bag seal. The object has a dark grey patina.
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rainford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-26BD08
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy seal, probably a cloth seal, probably dating from 1821. It consists of two circular discs of lead connected by a narrow strip that is folded so that the discs are pressed together. One disc has a hole in the centre through which is passed an integral rivet from the other disc. This is then squashed flat when the seal is stamped. On one disc are letters in three lines reading (?)/NE(L)/EL (the first letter being either an I or a T). On the other side is a quartered crowned shield, the quarters blank, flanked by the numbers 2 / 1 and surrounded by lettering which reads AME(…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5B1571
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead two-disc cloth seal of modern date (probably about 1940-1950). The seal comprises one surviving sub circular disc and the rivet. Some remnants of cloth are also present on the seal. On the disc is a relief-stamped inscription: W D (War Department) flanking an upwards pointing arrow, inside a circle. Above the circle is another inscription which, due to wear and damage, is illegible. Much of the upper disc was broken off and is now missing. The other side of the disc is flat and undecorated; however, there are a number of incised lines which possibly make a number 2 and possibly…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wakefield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-ABB974
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy cloth seal diameter 23mm, thickness 7mm, weight 15.81g. Circular seal with two holes running through the middle. Obverse: oval shaped ribbon with the words RASS[..]O[..]S-[.]AND[...]RE[.], at the bottom of the ribbon is two concentric circles separated by a zigzagged line and with a lis in the centre. On the top edge of the is a second double concentric circles that has a ribbon running across the centre that has the letters W[...]. Around the outside is the inscription TRADE MAD[...] Reverse: around the outs side is the inscription WEBB & SONS [.]ORDSLEY STOURBRIDGE an…
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bushley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-813EB7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy potash bag seal dating to the modern era c.1890-1919 One side has KA(L)I and '[S]YNDI[KAT]' stamped underneath a stamped circle or knot. The other side has '[B]ERLIN' stamped onto the surface, perhaps also with a stamped circle/knot above. The seal is 18.5mm in diameter, 4.1mm thickand weighs 11.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
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