Record ID: WAW-F777D4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval lead alnage seal probably of Queen Anne (AD1702-1714). The seal consist of two discs, joined by strip and folded around to meet. One side bears the profile bust of a woman, facing left, while simplified this resembles the bust seen on coins of Anne. The other side bears a rose. This seal is similar to SOM-30BA48 the discussion of which is valid here. Length 16.2mm, Diameter 14.1mm, Thickness 2.0mm, Mass 2.74g
Created on: Saturday 28th September 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th September 2019
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Record ID: FAKL-AC2376
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval cloth seal, one half of a two-disc lead seal, bearing, on its face, in raised letters the inscription 29//1//2. In the centre of the reverse is projection which would have extended through the other disc to form the seal. The lower surface bears a gridded pattern and a mould joint line runs across it. Diameter 18.8mm, Thickness 1.0mm, Mass 2.29g. This object is best interpreted in the light of PAS record BH-88AAA6 which was described as follows: The two sub-circular discs are joined by a folded connecting strip. One disc bears the relief-stamped legend: 'WOR/STED/[…
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-00C14A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy two-part cloth seal dating to the 16th or early 17th century, from Augsburg, Germany. Only Disc 1 (with rivet) survives; Disc 2 (with ring to fit round rivet) and the connecting strip are missing. The surviving disc has two faces with stamps, one wide and flat and covered with a well-preserved stamp. The other (the rivet face) has part of a stamp only, on the central bump (the squashed rivet). The flat face depicts a pine cone, with a stem decorated with a wide collar with oblique lines (perhaps imitating a twisted cable) before flaring out to…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2016
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Record ID: WILT-00AC3D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A almost complete post-medieval cast lead cloth seal, probably dating to 17th century. The cloth seal is circular shape and is composed by two discs connected by a rectangular strip. The seal shows on both sides a mark. One disc reports the number 20, the other one depicts a small sword or a dagger with stwo stars on both side of the blade, inside a shield. Between the central decoration and the external edge is a damaged inscription but only the letters L E T can be seen. The seal measures 24.18mm in diameter and weights 11.51g. A good number of similar cloth seal are recordered o…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: LON-490B94
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Complete post medieval, 17th century, two part circular, lead cloth seal of the Norwich Weavers guild, dated AD.1657. The obverse of this seal, has the NOR/WIC/H stamped on it while the reverse contains the letters HDR/1657/[B]CSP/KL. The letters before the date on the reverse are the surname initials of the Norwich wardens for the year and those after are the Norfolk, county wardens, these are listed as Jhn Pleasance, Chris Richer, Walter Barkham, Willm Hardingham, Jehosephat Davy, Samuel Rawling and the Norfolk wardens were - Robt Beare, Thos Church, Anth Edwards, John Mercer, John …
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: CAM-370FB8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead cloth seal of probable post-medieval date. This seal weighs 7.86g, has a diameter of 22.3mm, thickness of 3.0mm and length of 29.8mm across the disc and to the end of the folded-over connecting strip. The connecting strip has a width of 5.4mm where it emerges from the disc, then tapers to the narrowest point, 3.4mm where it folds in half. This is a two disc seal. The gap between discs one and two is a maximum of 0.8mm. The external side of disc two has been stamped. At the centre is an unclear ornate cross, which appears triple-stranded where it is clearest. This cross is su…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-51226C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Large, lead, post medieval 16th-19th century, circular cloth seal dated AD.1571. The seal has an off centre pelleted ring that contains the legend, DVYT/ COLCESTER/ BAYE/ 1571. The lower half of the date has been lost due to the off centre stamping. The reverse of the seal has two squashed lead rivets attached but is otherwise undecorated. The object has a white/grey patina of lead oxide. Seals made by the Dutch textile industry in Colchester all carried the date AD.1571, as this was when the industry was founded in the city, rather than recording the year of sealing (Egan 1992). W…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
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Record ID: DYFED-346017
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
One half of a lead teardrop shaped bale seal. The front depicts a rampant lion and crown, a simplification of the Dutch coats of arm. The other side has a small depression and the number '524' raised, which is probably a control number. The seal is fairly worn, and the patina is pale grey/cream.
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DYFED-4A6C29
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Discovered whilst metal detecting Preservation- Good Lead disc bearing picture and inscription on one side and inscription on the other. Protrusion which would have formerly been a central stem used to fasten the disc to another forming the seal. This would then have been operated by pressing both discs together. On one side there is a relief design enclosed in an oval of a man with a sheep either side of his legs, and another slung across his shoulders, with the word REGISTERED running along the outside of the left edge of the picture. The man is stood facing the 'front' whi…
Created on: Friday 6th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-848772
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete lead cloth seal, an unusual form of Augsburg seal: bishop's crozier // pine cone between two small stars. The crozier curls to the left and is shown on Disc 1 (the unperforated disc). It can also be seen on better-preserved examples such as YORYM-434541 and SF-261786. Diam.18mm. 4mm thick. Perhaps 16th or 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2017
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Record ID: SF-261786
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete lead post-medieval cloth seal. It is a two-disc cloth seal folded over with the rivet from one disc pushed through the perforation of the other, and the two are joined by a connecting strip. The complete disc (Disc 1) is stamped with the pine-cone of Augsburg on a flat base with side projections, with a six-pointed star to the left. The perforated side (Disc 2) has a partial border of pellets with a bishop's crozier within (see YORYM-434541 and NMS-848772 for other examples of this design). It measures 18.52mm in diameter, 26.63mm in length, 2.99mm in thickness and weighs 6…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wixoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-FED1B3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and damaged cast lead possible cloth seal of late medieval or early post-medieval date (c. 1485-c. 1700 AD). On the upper surface the object is broadly circular with some squared-off cuts. Initials are moulded in low relief at its centre: 'HR', where the 'H' is ligated with the 'R'; above is what appears to be a crown. On the other side it is too worn to discern what the decoration is, if any; this side has been cut into a sub-square shape. The object now remains light grey in colour due to the corrosion process. It has been bent in profile. It is possible that the HR refers…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2015
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Record ID: NMS-3043C5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lead circular two-part cloth seal of diameter 17.5mm, with the Arms of Norwich (incomplete) and the inscription // TO / NARO / WE meaning "the cloth is too narrow". Compare IOW-CB8123.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-F01E00
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval lead-alloy alnage cloth seal of George I (AD 1714-1727), with an end date of 1724 relating to the end of the alnage system. The seal consists of two pairs of two discs, four in total, the central pair of inner discs connected by a rectangular strip, folded such that the two sets of pairs overlap. One inner disc depicts the bust of the king, in profile facing right. Any inscription is now unclear. There is a radiating border around the edge of the disc. The other inner disc depicts a rose and thistle, surmounted by a crown. There is a 1 to the left of the crown and 1/2 …
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-30CD06
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal. This is a well worn two disc seal type with a partially present interconnecting strip. On the front disc are the letters M and U, the mark for Malines (Belgium) which produced Brabent cloth. The second disc has a section that has broken apart since its discovery but shows evidence of a staff or crozier. Geoff Egan confirmed this as dating from the 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elvet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9B0430
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal. Originally a two-disc seal with a connecting strip, the strip and second disc have been lost leaving a scar which has torn away part of the raised rim of the surviving disc. On the reverse of the disc is the stump of a rivet in the centre, although this is worn and there is now no trace of a stamp. A thin raised line runs across the middle of the reverse of the disc, either side of the rivet; this was formed when the cloth seal was originally made in the mould. On the front of the remaining disc is a castle (with a domed tower either side of …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elvet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-434541
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A complete lead cloth seal, formed from two circular discs, joined together with a connecting strip. The complete disc (Disc 1) is stamped with a pine-cone (emblem of Augsburg) with an anvil-shaped projection below; the pine-cone is decorated with raised pellets. There is a six-pointed star in the right field. L ? E can been seen to the top left of the disc. The perforated disc (Disc 2) is stamped with a bishop's crozier. Compare SF-261786 and NMS-848772. Perhaps 16th or 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockton-on-the-Forest', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-233131
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and worn cast lead cloth seal with a joining strip. Disc 1: King facing, on ship and wielding a sword; rose on side of hull. Disc 2: plain with rivet head. 24.9 x 17.6 x 3.2mm. Weight: 6.69g. Geoff Egan has commented that it is apparently a new medieval type. It seems to have the basic sword-wielding king in ship-of-state as on the late medieval gold coinage, and the rose on the side of the hull may point specifically to Edward IV's ryal (aka 'rose noble') of 1464/5-70. Although it is extremely worn, an inscription can be made out surrounding the main device, but i…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-025EB5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast lead cloth seal of Modern date (c. 1800-c. 1900). A two disc seal with a rectangular connecting strip. Disc 1: Scratch marks including Roman numeral VI. Disc 2: Broad arrow (on rivet), W ?D below. The object has an even buff patina. 40.7 x 31.7 x 4.9mm. Weight: 20.61g. The broad arrow signifies that the cloth seal was probably used on cloth belonging to the War Department. A similar cloth seal has been recorded from West Clandon Parish, Surrey. See, Portable Antiquities Scheme find: SUR-AF4E05.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5A65C5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast and stamped lead cloth seal of 17th century date (c. 1660-c. 1675). A four part seal, the inner elements are lozenge-shaped and the outer discs are sub-circular. The lozenge parts are decorated and joined together by a strip and the sub-circular parts are plain and joined together by a ‘butterfly clip’ rivet. - //: WP privy mark (ligated) ..S..MERSET around// crowned portcullis// - 29.1 x 14.8 x 5.7mm. Weight: 5.95g. This is an alnage seal with initials of the alnager: PW (or WP), who appears on several dated seals from various West-Country counties o…
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.