Record ID: YORYM-6E9D0C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1400 – 1900. The cloth seal is of the two-disc type with the two discs connected by a strip and sealed by a central rivet. The strip would have formed a loop which is now deformed and filled with organic material. One disc features a central integral rivet which joins with a perforation in the second disc. One surface is stamped with a unclear design, all that remains of this is a small arc. The other side appears plain. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is in fair condition. T…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-F58870
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1700 – 1900. The cloth seal is of the two-disc type joined by an integral strip and sealed by a central rivet. One surface is stamped with text around the edge reading FRANCIS MAUDE WAKEFIELD around an interlaced design of the letters F/M//W flanking a vertical line topped by the number 4. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is in fair condition. The seal is 41.7mm long, 29.9mm in diameter, 5.6mm thick and weighs 17.8g. A Francis Maude was Chief Constable of Wakefield in 1764 (see: Walkers History - Chief Constab…
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-D38338
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy probable cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.1500-1900. It is an sub-circular disc with an irregular rectangular section. The obverse depicts a lion rampant set within a sub-circular cell. Both sides of the seal are very worn, meaning that further decoration on this side or any on the reverse can be determined. The obverse possibly depicts a simplification of the Dutch coat of arm. The lead-alloy is pale cream in colour. The object measures 12.61mm in diameter, 1.68mm in thickness and 1.71g in weight. Cloth seals attached to industrially …
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-D2E2A6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy probable cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.1500-1900. It is an annular disc with an irregular exterior edge. The obverse depicts text in three lines which appears to read NO[-] L [-]LOT. Stars are also depicted on this surface with two small stars either side of the middle row of text and a larger star below the text. The reverse does not appear to be decorated. The lead-alloy is pale cream in colour. The object measures 14.41mm in diameter, 1.49mm in thickness and 1.35g in weight. Cloth seals attached to industrially produced cloths as…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-C5E35C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1400 – 1900. The cloth seal is of the two-disc type though only one disc remains intact sealed by a central rivet. One surface is stamped with a five-pointed star. The other side appears plain. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is in fair condition. The seal is 21.8mm in diameter, 4.7mm thick and weighs 7.2g. Cloth seals attached to industrially produced cloths as part of ‘the alnage’: industrial regulation by officials who controlled the quality of cloth sold and levied a tax of a few pence…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-E401C4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete two or four disc lead-alloy cloth seal of post medieval date, c. AD 1603-1714. It consists of a disc with a protruding fragment of the connecting strip. The outer face of the disc has a stamped motif with the royal arms of the House of Stuarts, the other face is undecorated. The seal has a pale cream coloured patina with worn edges. It measures 16.79mm in length, 12.22mm in width, 1.64mm in thickness and weighs 1.03g.
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-D44C18
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 – 1750. The cloth seal is of the two-disc type though only one disc remains intact. The upper surface of the remaining disc is stamped on the upper surface with the number 2 and other indistinct linear markings. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is in fair condition. The seal is 18.6mm in diameter, 2.7mm thick and weighs 2.5g. Cloth seals attached to industrially produced cloths as part of ‘the alnage’: industrial regulation by officials who controlled the quality of cloth sold and levi…
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-A633EB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.1500-1700. It is an annular disc with an irregularly exterior edge. The obverse and reverse features no clear, stamped decoration. The lead is pale cream in colour. It measures 28.25mm in diameter, 2.61mm in thickness and 7.78g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-117EE0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 – 1750. The cloth seal is of the two-disc type though only one disc remains intact. The upper surface of the remaining disc is stamped on the upper surface with an indistinct design, possibly the letter ‘P’. A thick compressed circular rivet remains at the centre of the reverse, possibly with the partial remains of the reverse disc to the tip. The metal has a light brown/white patina and is in fair condition. The seal is 22.3mm in diameter, 4.9mm thick and weighs 6.4g. Cloth seals attached to ind…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-98FB6B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1700. The object is one half of a two disc seal. It comprises a circular disc with an integral rivet to the reverse. The upper surface of the disc is stamped with two lines of Roman numerals reading: XVII[-]//XVIII[-]. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is worn. The seal is 19.6mm in diameter, 4.9mm thick and weighs 3.1g. Similar seals are discussed in Egan (1995) p.59. This was likely a cloth seal used by a weaver, dyer or searcher. The use of Roman numerals to denote length or weight of materials is kn…
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-27CB52
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, lead, probable cloth seal of Post-Medieval date (c.1500-1700). It is an annular disc with an irregularly exterior edge. The obverse depicts a central. short-arm cross with globular terminals. The reverse depicts an unclear, stamped decoration with lobed terminals. The lead is pale cream in colour, darkened to grey at one abraded edge. Diameter: 17.5mm, thickness: 1.7mm, weight: 3.0g
Created on: Monday 20th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 12th June 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-1684C3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy cloth seal dating to the late Medieval to Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1500-1700). It is annular, the front face bearing a smaller disc than the one behind. The edge of the front disc is surrounded by a beaded border and encompasses an armorial shield depicting a hanging sheep. The hanging sheep is part of the coat of arms of the City of Leeds. The reverse disc is plain, but inscribed in two field with characters that are probably all numeric. A proposed reading of the numerals is '104 / 5514' with the two igures divided by a lateral incision. Similar examples…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-5BF18D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead two part cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500-1900. The seal comprises two circular discs, one of which has a circular rivet which has been pushed through the hole of the second disc.The rivet has a monogram comprising the letters TS. The T is placed centrally with the S entwining the stem and bar. The edges of the seal are worn, and it exhibits some cracks. A worn projection at 3 o clock may be the remains of a strip which joined the two discs together. The reverse is undecorated. A cream patina is on the surface. The seal measures 20.85mm in diameter,…
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-80D8DC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1660 - 1727. The seal is of the four disc alnage type joined by an integral central strip. The two discs closest to the strip bear stamped decoration. The first bears a right facing bust; the second a crowned harp with the numeral 4 to the left. The remaining two discs appear undecorated though one has a perforation through which a central rivet from the other disc is pressed to seal it. The metal is a light brown/white patina and is worn. The seal is 37.2mm long, 13.7mm in diameter, 5.5mm thick and weighs 6.9g. Aln…
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Record ID: YORYM-0C62EE
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy cloth seal of Post Medieval date, dating from AD 1500-1700. A cast disc with a slot in one edge and a bifurcated slot in the opposit edge, to function as a drawstring bag closure. One face is stamped with a '20'. The other face is a cross patte summounted by latin cross flanked by 4 stars; 2 to either side. Thickness; 4.6mm. Diameter; 22.9mm. Weight; 10.43g
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2016
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-DADD3A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. The seal is of the two disc type joined by an integral central strip and sealed by compressing a central rivet. The front of the seal bears a quadruped left and the reverse bears indistinguishable text in two, possibly three, lines. The metal has a dark brown patina and is worn. The seal is 20.3mm in diameter, 4mm thick and weighs 9.4g. Lead cloth and bale seals were used in Europe to mark cloth for commercial sale between the 13th and the 19th centuries and were part of a system of regulation and quality control. Unlike…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2016
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Record ID: YORYM-35FBAC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is one disc, probably from a two disc type joined by an integral central strip and sealed by compressing a central rivet. The front of the seal bears the raised design of a pinecone or thistle device. To the reverse, the rivet remains with a flat top which bears the remains of the stamped letter 'A'. The 'A' and pinecone design indicates the seal will have originated in Augsburg, Germany as the pinecone is the heraldic badge of the city. It is suggested that such seals were attached to fustians, a variety of heavy cloth …
Created on: Friday 29th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Record ID: YORYM-FA3654
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is of the two disc type joined by an integral central strip. The upper face is stamped with three lines of text: [--]V[--]//(H)AGE//656. The reverse is undecorated. The metal has a dark brownish-grey patina and is worn. The seal is 23.8mm in diameter, 3.5mm thick and weighs 8.8g. Lead cloth and bale seals were used in Europe to mark cloth for commercial sale between the 13th and the 19th centuries and were part of a system of regulation and quality control. Unlike bale seals cloth seals typically comprise two disc joined…
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2016
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Record ID: YORYM-CADE3C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy post-medieval cloth seal (1400-1900AD). All that remains is the folded connecting strip of the cloth seal, the discs are missing. The edges are worn presumably through post-depositional processes suggesting the seal was damaged during use. One half of the strip has two longitudinal grooves most likely wear through use. Cloth seals are cast in one piece, and consist of two discs with a connecting strip. One of the discs has a rivet, and when the strip is folded over this rivet is placed through a corresponding hole on the other disc. The rivet is then bent…
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2016
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Record ID: YORYM-C8588A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is of the four disc alnage type joined by an integral central strip. The two discs closest to the strip bear stamped decoration. The first bears the crowned letters KRS while the reverse bears an anchor flanked by the date 164[-] both within raised circular beaded border. The remaining two discs appear undecorated though one has a perforation through which a central rivet from the other disc is pressed to seal it. The metal is a light grey colour. The seal is 25.6mm long, 11.1mm in diameter, 4.8mm thick and weighs 5g.
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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