Record ID: NARC-C27892
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy Cloth Seal of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (1350-1800). The object is a two-disc seal. The seal is circular in plan and comprises two equal sized lead discs linked by a recurved rectangular tab. One face has a punched inscription reading I F. The other face has the punched initials O H. Length: 32.91mm, Width: 18.94mm, Thickness: 2.89mm, Weight: 6.6g The metal is cram in colour with a predominantly smooth patina. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: SUR-125445, DEV-74F04C and SUR-258314.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-6C680C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A two part lead alloy post medieval cloth seal. One disc has a complex monogram surrounded by an unclear border. The other side is plain with three stamped characters K D and I.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-2A337E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a lead alloy cloth seal. On one side letters around the circumference are possibly 'R A B', with G.E.R. across the centre. This is surrounded by a dotted border. On the other the figure '3' with another character or characters next to it (possibly oz?) is present in a box, and underneath in another box is 'VII'. This side had a solid circular line as a border. Dimensions: 20mm long and 15mm wide approximately
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-C365C9
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal dating from AD 1600-1620. This is one disk from a four-disc cloth seal. A similar seal is illustrated in Elton (2017:303). The obverse has the Arms of the town of Wesel, an ornate shield bearing three weasels courant, central inescutcheon, MEMENTO.MORI around. The reverse is blank and undecorated. Part of a second inner disk is present. Elton (2017:303) writes "The other inner disk may show two crowned B's (see MOL NN21187) possibly standing for Bombazine (a mix of silk-warp and worsted weft, twilled fabric)." Dimensions: d…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
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Record ID: LON-8565BB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy Norwich Russel Company Seal dating from AD 1654. The seal is formed of two discs with a connecting strip and integral rivet on one of the discs connecting the two. The rivet is visible on the reverse of the disc in the form of a raised oval. The cloth seal is a Norwich Russel Company seal. The obverse has [N]ORW / [I]CH. / 1654. The reverse has []SBF[] / SNPP / WBE / 1654 in four lines. The letters on the reverse side shows the surname initial of the 12 wardens of Norwich for that particular year. Unfortunately 1654 is three years before record…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: LON-854518
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy City of Norwich cloth seal dating from 17th century. This is one half of a two part seal. A similar seal is illustrated in Egan (1987:172 no.70). Obverse: crown over portcullis Reverse: CIVITA[S ИORVICI] three towared castle, lion passant below, C to the left, N to the right. Dimensions: diameter: 21.62mm; length: 26.75mm; weight: 3.92g Other cloth seal of this type on the database are NMS-7028C7, LON-851509 and LON-A9AAC8. References: Egan, G. 1992. Leaden Cloth Seals. Datasheet 3. Finds Research Group 700…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: LON-851509
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy City of Norwich cloth seal dating from 17th century. This is a two part seal. A similar seal is illustrated in Egan (1987:172 no.70). Obverse: crown over portcullis Reverse: [CIVITAS ИORVICI]; three towered castle, lion passant below, C to the left, N to the right. Dimensions: diameter: 21.57mm; length: 25.72mm; weight: 8.21g Other cloth seal of this type on the database are NMS-7028C7. and LON-A9AAC8. References: Egan, G. 1992. Leaden Cloth Seals. Datasheet 3. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheets 1-24. 1985-1998…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: LON-172A45
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal dating 17th - 18th century. This is a cloth worker's personal seal. The seal is formed of two discs with a connecting strip and integral rivet on one of the discs connecting the two. The rivet is visible on the decorated disc. The seal has a privy mark within a beaded circle. There are initials D and [] within a heart either side of the central stem of the privy mark.  Dimensions: length: 30.08 mm; width: 25.03mm; weight: 9.96g. Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper …
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-07D791
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy cloth seal of post-medieval date, probably c. AD 1650-1700. The seal would have been a two-part seal, circular in plan with a short connecting tab between the two discs. Both sides are now very worn, but the lower portion of the obverse (rivet disc) may show a lion statant or passant, facing left. The seal is worn and warped in places, particularly the connecting strip, and its surface has a light grey patina. Length: 20.7 mm Width: 15.1 mm Thickness: 5.3 mm Weight: 5.6 g
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-84FB01
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post medieval lead alloy cloth duty (alnage) seal comprising one (of originally 2 or 4) discs, which depicts a rose with a 2 beneath, indicating 2d duty paid.
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-5E275D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead alloy alnage seal of the Commonwealth period. One disc remains and depicts a shield with a ridged cross of St George on it surrounded by legend THE.STA.(SVB)SIDIE.SEAL(E) (which can be read as "the state subsidy seal").
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-5B7BBB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval Russian flax bale seal from St Petersburg dating from the 1740s-60s. It most likely dates from 1757. The lead seal is a thick disc with two horizontal perforations running through the centre from edge to edge to accommodate a cord or wire which would have been used to attach the seal to a bale of flax. Obverse: / Reverse: SPB  //  SRHB  // [17]57 It is 30.95mm in diameter, 6.4mm thick and weighs 21.03 grams. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries Russia was a prominent exporter of flax Lead bale seals were used as a means of identification and a…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-5B69D6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval Russian flax bale seal. The lead seal is a thick disc with two horizontal perforations running through the centre from edge to edge to accommodate a cord or wire which would have been used to attach the seal to a bale of flax. Obverse:  // П: Ʌ E[B]  // E Д E B  // H75 Reverse:  / P[:] 2H   / 1806 It is 21.5mm in diameter, 4.6mm thick and weighs 10.71 grams. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries Russia was a prominent exporter of flax Lead bale seals were used as a means of identification and as a component of regulation and q…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 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: SF-E348EA
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy cloth seal of medieval or post-medieval date. Only one disc survives. There is a raised letter or symbol in the centre of the outer face, much of which has now worn away. The remains of a lug projects from the centre of the reverse, which would have passed through a hole in the centre of another disc originally, securing them together with the help of a strip to one side.  Egan writes 'stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile industry during the late-medieval/early-modern period. They were attached to individual cloths as part …
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E3395E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead-alloy cloth seal of probable post-medieval date. Originally this would have comprised two discs attached together via a lug projecting from the reverse of on and passing through a hole in the centre of the other. Now all that remains is the lug, squashed flat, with part of an unclear heraldic design on its outer end where it would have sat through the hole. The surface of the metal is hevaily corroded and the details are unclear. The design suggests a post-medieval date. Egan writes 'stamped lead seals were widely used in the European textile industry during t…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peasenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-1169C4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy two disc cloth, bale or bag seal of post medieval to early modern date. One disc has letters RRR / T. The reverse has the outline of the fixing rivet joining the discs, but is undecorated.
Created on: Friday 14th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
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Record ID: SF-690B7C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Post Medieval two-part cloth seal. It is a double disc seal, which is folded along a narrow connecting strip. The seal has been squashed.  One disc has a stamped decoration slightly off center of the middle; the decoration consists of a gate comprised of a raised square with nine squares within it. The second disc is undecorated and the rivet can be seen in the centre.
Created on: Thursday 6th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 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: LANCUM-8C748E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal from Augsburg. It is decorated on both faces. One face has a raised capital 'A' with a chevron bar and three rased annulets. On the other side is a raised pinecone with a curved arc of arches surmounted by crosses next to it. Dates to between c1500 and c1650 AD. Diameter 20mm, weight 7.6g. Similar examples on the database include NLM-3258C4 NMS-6ECB42 SOM-903095 A similar seal recorded in 'Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items at the British Museum' by Geoff Egan, (Egan 1994: 106, fig. 41, refs: 308-310) has been attributed to A…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Kendal', grid reference and parish protected.