Record ID: BH-C469C4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete lead two-disc cloth seal, dating to the Post-Medieval period (c.AD 1500-1750). Description: the cloth seal is comprised of two circular discs with a connecting strip.  Disc 1 has a central rivet which has gone through the circular perforation on disc 2.  The disc is centrally divided by a horizontal, above: (L).1, below: L.2.  Disc 2 is embossed with three letters surmounting each other within a pellet border: 4 / S / N. The foot of the '4' extends down, disecting the 'S' and terminates in th…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: BH-C44487
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead four-disc cloth seal, dating to the Post-Medieval period (c.AD 1600-1700). Description: the cloth seal is comprised of four circular discs with a connecting strip.  The two inner discs (adjacent to the connecting strip) are embossed, disc 2: .N. [flower] within a circumventing pellet border.  Disc 3 is decorated with the Prince of Wales 'Three Feathers in a Crown' motif.  Disc 1 has a central rivet which has gone through the circular perforation on disc 4. Comparable to BH-95C6A6. Measurements (mm): length 29.…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: BH-C3E88B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead four-disc cloth seal, dating to the Post-Medieval period (c.AD 1600-1700). Description: the cloth seal is comprised of four circular discs with a connecting strip.  The two inner discs (adjacent to the connecting strip) are stamped, disc 2 has NORWICH circumventing the disc above an inner pellet border and, in the centre of the disc, 1681 or 1661 in two lines.  Disc 3 has a stamped crown.  Disc 1 has a central rivet which has gone through the circular perforation on disc 4. Measurements (mm): length 22.78, width 1…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: BH-C3CDCD
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete, two disc lead cloth seal, dating to the Post-Medieval period (c.AD 1650-1700). Description: the cloth seal is comprised of two circular discs, one with a central rivet and are joined by a connecting strip.  Disc 1 is stamp with "worsted reformed" in four lines:  WOR / STED / REFOR / MED (ligature ME).  Disc 2 is missing a small piece of the disc, adjacent to the rivet and stamped: 29 / 2(3). Measurements (mm): length 23.88, width 21.44, thickness 2.98 (all taken with con…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: BH-C3954B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete, two disc lead cloth seal, dating to the Post-Medieval period (c.AD 1650-1700). Description: the cloth seal is comprised of two circular discs with a connecting strip.  Disc 1 has Norwich stamp on it in three lines:  'NO / RWI / CH'.  Disc 2 is missing a small piece of the lower part of the disc and has four lines of stamped of initials: [...]R / NC / MP / R[...]. Measurements (mm): 22.58, width 19.25, thickness 3.53 (all taken with connecting strip at 12 o'clock position). Weight: 5.71g
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B11B05
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy fragment from a Post Medieval cloth seal. The fragment is sub-discoidal (as flattened by the alnage seal matrix) with a short flat tab projecting to one side. The seal depicts a crenelated castle wall with an arched entrance gateway; above the wall part of an arcing beaded border can be seen. Cloth seals depicting images of castles are commonplace in Norfolk, as a lion surmounted by a castle is the arms of Norwich. No lion is evident on this partial impression and insufficient survives to be definitive, especially since many other non-Norwich seals depicting c…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
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Record ID: BH-1F9D51
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy Post Medieval Dutch cloth seal dating AD 1600-1700. The seal comprises a broken disc and part of the connecting rivet. The front face depicts the shield of Haarlem depicting a sword, four stars and, above this, a cross patee. The design, in relief, is surrounded by part of the legend [HAE](R)LE(M) [GOET]. The opoosite face features part of the number 20 cast as central motif. For a comparable cloth seal on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database see SF-00C3F5.
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
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Record ID: SF-F627F8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval or post-medieval cloth seal. Only one disc now survives. A sub-cylindrical sprue projects from the centre of the reverse, which would have passed through a hole on another disc originally, securing them together. The outer face is decorated with unclear lettering surrounding a porcullis design in the centre.   Similar designs are found on a number of two-part late medieval and early post-medieval seals illustrated by Egan (1995, 175-6, fig.24&25) and suggest that it is probably an alnage or subsidy seal. Diameter: 22.79mm, thickness: 5.26mm, …
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F610E3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead post-medieval or modern tag or button. The object is disc-shaped with a misshapen sprue projecting from the centre of the reverse and squashed against itself. A section of the disc is missing to one side. The outer face is decorated with the raised letters 'L//IONA/STAB' in three lines in the centre surrounded by unclear lettering around the outside. The style of lettering suggests a relatively modern date and the object may be some sort of button or more probably a trade or customs tag for commercial goods.  Diameter: 23.69mm, thickness: 6.39mm, weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-F37AD4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy post medieval cloth seal comprised of two discs. One side has faint letters possibly part of a privy mark with a letter W. The other has an incuse letter F.
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2023
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Record ID: SUR-F360DD
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval cloth seal comprised of two discs. One side has faint letters possibly [...]IG, the other has incuse stamped numbers 2468 arranged equidistant around in a circle. From one edge projects a long tapering stump of a broken attachment loop.
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-CC5A87
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead two disc cloth cloth seal dating from the Post Medieval to Modern period, AD 1600 - 1900. The two discs are fastened by a split pin type arrangement and a connecting tab. The front face is stamped with the initials PA and a series of 4 small rings, two above and two below. The central rivet extends from its reverse and projects through the centre of disc 2 and is then squashed flat. There is no visible marking on disc 2 or the central rivet. Only part of the connecting tab remains. The seal has a light grey patina. It is 21.9mm long, 20.4mm wide and 3.8mm thick and weighs 7…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-CBE14E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete but broken lead cloth seal, of the post Medieval period, about AD 1550 - 1750. Only the two inner discs of a four disc seal survive. Two lead discs have been pressed together, connected by a strip. There are very faint signs of remnants of the motif and inscription on both discs, but there is too much wear to decipher them. Dimensions: The cloth seal is 19.94mm in length, 14.35mm in width, 4.37mm in thickness and it weighs 3.76g.  
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-7AFDEB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead two-part cloth seal, weight 5.40g, diameter 21mm. - // portcullis (rivet only). Late 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-CCA9B6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy object – probably either half of a cloth seal or a fragment of the square inner part of a four-part cloth seal, dating to c.AD 1500 - 1800. Alternatively, the object may have been a Post Medieval square token which could have been used as a tally, gaming piece, ticket or weight. The object is sub rectangular in shape. The back surface is flat and unmarked, the front surface has a raised image, possibly a face wearing a headdress, or more likely in the case of a cloth seal, a bent over tab where the rest of the seal would have been attached and which has b…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8C8A8B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy two-part post medieval cloth seal. The top disc has an I through the centre. The other larger disc is bent down at one end and has two rows of Roman numerals; one row has XXVI and the other row XXX, possible with a I on the end. Suggested date: 1450 - 1700 AD.
Created on: Sunday 12th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Powick', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-78878E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete probably post-medieval lead two-part cloth seal, diameter 17mm. - //  3 short incuse lines (rivet only). 16th - 17th century..
Created on: Saturday 11th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2023
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Record ID: DENO-D1D9DF
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy cloth seal of post-medieval date, c. AD 1750-1900. The seal comprises two sub-circular discs joined together by side tabs, forming a broadly short cylindrical shape. There is a slot in one edge and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge which would facilitate a drawstring bag closure. Text has been stamped on both sub-circular faces: on one side are possibly 'TH' and an '0' between two pellets, and on the other side appear to be the letters 'CSLAG'. The seal has been stamped off-centre so that a large crescent-shaped raised …
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: SF-8F502F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six incomplete post-medieval lead cloth seals in variable condition. The style of lettering suggests 16th and 17th century dates. Monograms and initials on suggest that most are clothier, weaver or searcher's seals. 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 of a system of industrial regulation and quality control. In England seals of this type were current from at least the late fourteenth to the early nineteenth centur…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-7D4D95
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken lead two disc cloth cloth seal dating from the Post Medieval to Modern period, AD 1600 - 1800. The two discs are fastened by a split pin type arrangement and a connecting tab (which is missing on this example, along with most of the second disc). The front face is stamped with the number 60 1/4 surrounded by a series of small pellets in a circle. This may be the length of the cloth. The central rivet extends from its reverse and projects through the centre of disc 2 (now mainly missing) and is then squashed flat. On disc two there is the remains of the merchants mark or p…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Sunday 2nd April 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: DOR-BC6F46
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A two disc lead cloth seal. The seal is formed of two oval discs joined by an integral rivet on the rear decorated disc passing through a circular hole in the other disc. One disc is moulded with a design of a probable crowned portcullis within a beaded border and surrounded by a legend, now largely illegible. The other disc is undecorated and has a large central aperture for the integral rivet. Part of the legend reads --- O (cinquefoil) VE--- Date: Post Medieval - c. 1550 - 1625 Dimensions: 20.72 mm x 17.50 mm x 3.69 mm Weight: 5.53 g Geoff Egan notes that the portcul…
Created on: Saturday 21st January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: DENO-95A1AD
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy Russian flax seal of post-medieval date, probably c. 1797. The seal is sub-oval in plan with raised, irregular edges. It is comprised of a single disc of metal which has two parallel perforations running through its diameter, through which wire or textile ligatures would have fitted in order to secure a bag. Each exterior oval face bears an inscription in possibly Cyrillic text in moulded relief within a circular border. The metal's surface has powdery pale cream coloured patina. The obverse reads: First line: 'O.H.'  (initia…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-93D751
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: SPB // NP . 13 // I . C // 1836  ЛД // T:.  Я EIE // HПOBЬ //H: 96 Reverse: [ЛД ] / А:ШИ / ПАЧЕВ / Н90 It is 210.9mm in diameter, 4.7mm thick and weighs 11.01 grams. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries Russia was a prominent exporter of flax Lead bale seals were used as a means of identif…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-93D56F
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: [С]ПБ / [Н]оП.3 / М.С. / 1836 Reverse: ЛД  / Т.ЧЕРЕ / НЦОВЪ / Н 87 It is 21.3mm in diameter, 4.9mm thick and weighs 12.18 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 quality …
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-93D32C
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. The following reading has been suggested by Paul Cannon Obverse: [SPB] / NP_ [?] / W. [?H] / 1836. Reverse: : [ЛД] / [Г.СК]ОР[ОБ] / ОГА[ТОВ] / H6[5]. It is 20.4mm in diameter, 5.4mm thick and weighs 6.62 grams. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries Russia was a prominent exporter of flax Lead bale seals were used as a m…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-93D000
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: […] // HoП.3 // I . Г // 1836 Reverse: ЛД / А:ПЫ / ЖОВЪ / H75 It is 21.1mm in diameter, 5.4mm thick and weighs 11.26 gtams. 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: Thursday 19th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: GLO-92E166
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead cloth seal of late sixteenth or seventeenth century date (c. AD 1575 - c. AD 1700). The seal comprises one surviving circular disc, with remains of an integral rivet on the reverse. The face is decorated with a standing bird whose head raises above its body and looks backwards.  This is surrounded by the inscription […]VALLEN[…] Birds are depicted on other couther seals such as BH-128517, NMS-21D343, WILT-D317DE and IOW-AF8773
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Record ID: GLO-91C55E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth seal probably of 17th or 18th century date The seal is of circular, two-disc type, although only a small amount of one disc remains. Most of the original detail of the seal is missing. However, a crosshatch design suggesting a portcullis remains on one face; the other disc is worn flat.
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Record ID: KENT-817842
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete lead alloy cloth seal of Graziano, Palermo (Sicily) probably dating to the 18th to early 20th century. Description: The seal is broadly circular, with an irregular outside edge due to breakage. The obverse reads 'GRAZIANO PALERMON' across two lines. The reverse features the Trinacria (three-legged) symbol of Sicily. The seal has an even grey patina. Measurements: Diameter: 17.04mm; weight: 4.56g Discussion: The name Graziano can be securely connected to the sumac trade at the beginning of the 20th century. See Veitch, F. P. (1908) "Commercial S…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: DENO-6AD5D8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Derby
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy seal, probably of late post-medieval to modern date (c. AD 1750-1900)  The object comprises a folded disc, sub-circular in plan and impressed with a seal on the two outer faces, leaving a thick rim. One face is impressed with a design comprising a looped belt surmounted by a crown. Within the loop is a cypher with radiating lines or beams. The belt contains lettering: the word 'ROOTS'.  The word 'Registered' can be seen to the upper left  and 'TRAD[...] to the upper right. It seems that the im…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-68F266
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead Dutch cloth seal from the city of Haarlem, dating to the 17th century. The seal is a two-disc type, missing the outer portion of both discs. Disc 1 bears a moulded shield with the city arms: sword erect, four mullets to sides, cross potent in chief. This would probably have originally had a surrounding legend [HAERLEMS GOET] (Goods from Haarlem). Disc 2 has the numerals 19 in the centre referring to the measured length of the piece in Dutch ells.
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Record ID: DENO-68487D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Derby
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead bi-face Russian flax bale seal dating to AD 1790 - 1799. The object is oval in shape, flat with a double slit-like aperture through both sides. Each side bears an inscription in Cyrillic script in moulded relief within a circular border. The letters and numbers on seals denote the grade or quality of the flax, hemp, or tow; the name of the quality control inspector, the port of dispatch, and the initials of the grower/owner/agent; the date refers to the date of grading. Obverse: AД  // I БAЖ // EHOB // H[...] Reverse: NP…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 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: NMS-13A4EB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Discs 3 and 4 of a post-medieval four-part lead cloth seal in worn condition, weight 2.42g, diameter 12.5mm. Lion rampant and a ?tree with crown above // -. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
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Record ID: DENO-FFCD43
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Derby
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead bi-face Russian hemp bale seal dating to AD 1794. The object is oval in shape, flat with a double slit-like aperture through both sides. Each side bears an inscription in Cyrillic script in moulded relief within a circular border. The letters and numbers on seals denote the grade or quality of the flax, hemp, or tow; the name of the quality control inspector, the port of dispatch, and the initials of the grower/owner/agent; the date refers to the date of grading. Obverse: AД // Г HП // ЖФOPO // H 71 Reverse: ФP // A K…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
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Record ID: DENO-FEE565
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: City of Derby
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy probable cloth seal of medieval to post-medieval date, c.1300-1900. It is sub-circular in plan and comprises two thin discs connected by a short, wide strip. The remains of a second connecting strip (opposite the intact one), are pressed over the edge of the second disc. This second disc has a shallow, curved groove running across its width, possibly the impression left from a fibre tag. Both outer faces are undecorated. These discs are possibly from a four-part seal as neither have or show evidence of a rivet. The metal's su…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-FEDD97
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Derby
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead cloth or bag seal of post medieval date (c. AD 1600 - 1700). The surviving element comprises a folded double disc, with joints at quarters. There is material in the void between the disc, possibly surviving cord or string, but probably soil.  Both disc surfaces are imprinted. One shows the head and shoulders of a bearded male figure with club raised above head, within a raised circumferential rim. The other face has the uppercase letters A BEWERY across the centre, there is a legend around the circumference, within a raised rim. This is abrade…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
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Record ID: NARC-EAD99F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Alloy Cloth Seal of Post-Medieval date (AD 1759). The object is a Russian flax or hemp bale seal, it is sub-circular in shape with a hole running through the centre from top to bottom through which twine or thread could be passed. The left-hand edge is incomplete, and the lettering is partially missing. The retained lettering is on one surface only, the upper line is illegible, and the legible portion of the second line reads: Mn, the third line reads [1]759*. The first two lines will likely be the inspectors name, the last is the date. Length: 28.53mm, Width: 27.8…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 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: PUBLIC-2F04D5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead bulla type 'eagle & dolphin' Post Office bag seal, dating to c.1690-1708. Sub-circular and flat, with an oval piercing through the horizontal plane. One face has two oval shields within an elaborate ropework border. The left shield bears an eagle displayed and the right shield a bowed dolphin with two saltires in the divided chief above. The reverse has a large crown at the top with the word POST in the centre below. There is a further line below, not fully legible, possibly a date of 1691. The surface displays a grey/buff colour. Diameter 20.3mm, thickness 3.…
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-04FD87
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, dating to the Post-Medieval period (AD 1500-1750).  The cloth seal is comprised of one circular disc and was probably part of a four disc seal.It has a relief design of an Irish harp encircled by a line border on one face. The other face has a central pellet and a raised line border. The object is 19.9mm long, 15.5mm wide, 2.0mm thick and weighs 2.95g. The central pellet on NLM-5FDFB8 is similar, though the harp is a different design. 
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-047D40
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead cloth seal, two discs of a four disc seal surviving, probably dating from about AD 1600 - 1700. The two discs are joined by a tab of metal. One face has the Roman numerals XVII in relief across the centre. There are more unclear markings above, and a scallop shell below.  The other face is indistinct; possibly a shield or a bird (or both). The seal is 16.5mm long, 15.9mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 4.0g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
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Record ID: LON-73EBBE
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 the 17th 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 obverse of the disc in the form of a flat oval. The seal has a privy mark consisting of initials I and B either side of the central stem of the privy mark. Similar cloth seal on the database is LON-193E2F. Dimensions: length: 29.61mm; diameter: 18.63mm; weight: 5.59g Reference: Egan, G. 1994. Lead c…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
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Record ID: LON-70BEA0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy City of London cloth seal dating from AD 1450-1550. This is a two part seal. Obverse: Forward facing nimbate head of a bearded saint, probably St Paul between a rosette left and star right, below arms of City of London, a pointed shield with argent a cross gules, in the first quarter a sword in pale point upwards of the last within a rope twist border with legend around. Reverse: Royal Arms of England surmounted by a crown. A similar cloth seal is in the Museum of London 84.132/5. D…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: BERK-700125
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy cloth seal of post-medieval date. The seal is a closed two piece circular seal. Both sides have a raised rim and sunken circular centre. There is no sign of any identification stamp on either side.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: OXON-31E1B4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Medieval to Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to c.AD 1450-1550. The seal is made of two sub-circular discs, which are placed flat upon one another and connected together by a rectangular tab that had been folded over at 180 degrees. There is also a slight projection from the far  end of the rove disc, the nature of which is unclear. The first disc, termed a rove disc, has a circular hole through which a sub-oval rivet is pushed through which is attached to the second, rivet, disc.  A raised ridge runs down the central axis of the c…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2022
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Record ID: GLO-1EC0F3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth seal probably of 17th or 18th century date The seal is of circular, two-disc type, although only a small amount of one disc remains. The original detail of the seal is missing; however, the remaining disc has the imprint of the cloth on both sides, this is seen as a simple crosshatched weave. An integral rivet in mounted on the centre of this disc with traces of the second disc present.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-89B33C
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy two disc cloth seal. One disc carries the East India Company bale mark; a heart topped by a "sign of four" merchant's mark and divided by saltire with an initial of the United East India Company (VEIC) in each of the four sections. The reverse has scratched lettering or numerals, possibly 204/22.
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-89A5B3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval lead alloy two disc cloth or bag seal. One disc depicts a pair of cockerels facing each other with a flower beneath and indecipherable lettering above: p b [...]. The other disc has an incuse stamped letter B.
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-4BF200
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval four-part lead alloy Alnage cloth seal, dating to the reign of James I (AD 1603 – 1625). The seal consists of four discs connected. One disc depicts a crowned lion passant guardant, facing left, within a raised border. Another disc shows a crown within a raised border. Two discs are blank, no legible inscription visible. Blank // Crowned lion passant guardant // Crown // Blank Length: 23.4 mm; Width: 12.3 mm Thickness: 6.1 mm Weight: 5.61 g A parallel can be found in Elton, Stuart F. (2017) page 154, ref. BSG.CS.00390. Elton writes: &ldq…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-4AC756
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead cloth seal from Augsberg dating to c.AD 1500 - 1650.  It comprises two circular discs joined by a narrow strip of lead, folded to bring the discs together. Both discs are impressed with a raised design. On the front disc is an incomplete upper case letter A, for Augsberg, surrounded by four annulets within a cusped border. The reverse carries a design of a stylised pine cone above a horizontal band containing six pellets. The seal has a dark grey patina. It is 19.4 mm in diameter, 4.1 mm thick and weighs 10.15g.  Cf. Ega…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
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Record ID: LON-343F44
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating from the 16th century. The seal has a double-headed eagle displayed ensigned by a crown, with legend around the edge. Similar seals are illustrated in Egan (1994:116-7). Dimensions: diameter: 35.70mm; width: 29.35mm; weight: 8.42g A similar cloth seal on the database is LON-A29A87. References: Egan, G. 1992. Leaden Cloth Seals. Datasheet 3. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheets 1-24. 1985-1998. Reprographic Unit, University of Oxford. Egan G. 1995. Lead Cloth Seals and Related items in the British Museum, British Museum Occas…
Created on: Sunday 27th November 2022
Last updated: Sunday 27th November 2022
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Record ID: BH-E24934
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal dating to the 17th or 18th century. The seal comprises two discs joined by a broken compressed rectangular tab. One of the discs has an irregularly shaped brodley lozenge shaped rivet through the centre, across the face of which are the moulded initials ‘L D' above the numbers '790'. The motif sits within an incomplete pelleted boarder. The face of the other disc features the circular end of the rivet and various scratches. The surface patina is light grey in colour. The cloth seal measures 26.7mm in length, 24.3mm…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
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Record ID: BH-E22287
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal dating to the 17th or 18th century. The seal comprises two discs joined by a rectangular tab. One of the discs has an irregularly shaped rivet through the centre, across the face of which are the moulded initials ‘S F’ surmounting a chest. The motif sits within a single lined boarder. The face of the other disc features three lines of indistinctive markings. The surface patina is light grey in colour. The cloth seal measures 44.1mm in length, 28.9mm in width, 3.4mm in thickness and weighs 18.66 grams.   
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
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Record ID: SUR-CE70ED
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead cloth seal for the Norwich Weaver's Company. Only one disc of the original two remains; this reads NO/RWI/CH. The missing disc would have listed the initials of the wardens of the company for the year of issue. See NMS-A350F1 for a complete example.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: SUR-B9E608
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval two-disc lead alloy clothworker's seal. On disc has an alabourate monogram in a border of short, radial lines, the other is blank. The discs are joined by a short folded connecting tab.
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-B958A6
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: WK // SB90 //[...] Reverse: 06 It is 25mm long, 24mm wide, 5.3mm thick and weighs 15.10 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 quality control. Russian seals of this type were used…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-B9386D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete complete Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700. The cloth seal consists of the remains of two circular discs joined together, No connecting strip survives so this may be a four piece or two piece seal. A Rivet that was pushed through the hole in one disc from the other disc and stamped flat. This pierced disc and the rivet squashed over it have a stamped impressed design of unclear form. The reverse has a raised letter W. The cloths seal is a light grey colour.  The cloth seal is 15mm long, 12.4m wi…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-B92AB5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete complete Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700. The cloth seal consists of the remains of two circular discs joined together, No connecting strip survives so this may be a four piece or two piece seal. A Rivet that was pushed through the hole in one disc from the other disc and stamped flat. This pierced disc and the rivet squashed over it have a stamped design on them of a raised privy mark within a pelleted border. The privy mark includes a a vertical line dividing two capital letter which then seperates…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-B7B2C3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete complete Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700. The cloth seal consists of the remains of two circular discs joined together by a connecting strip, which is now lost, and a rivet that was pushed through the hole in one disc from the other disc and stamped flat. The front disc is damaged with only a small area remaining. This pierced disc and the rivet squashed over it have a stamped design on them of a raised privy mark within a pelleted border. The privy mark includes a cross below which extends a vertical line div…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-B7A8CD
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700. The cloth seal consists of the remains of two circular discs joined together by a connecting strip and a rivet that was pushed through the hole in one disc from the other disc and stamped flat. The pierced disc and the rivet squashed over it have a stamped design on them of a raised privy mark within a pelleted border. The privy mark includes a cross below which extends a vertical line dividing two capital letter which then seperates into two diagonal lines below the letters. The …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-B786C7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Post Medieval lead cloth seal dating to the period c. AD 1500 - 1700. The cloth seal consists of the remains of two circular discs joined together by a connecting strip and a rivet that was pushed through the hole in one disc from the other disc and stamped flat. The pierced disc and the rivet squashed over it have a stamped design on them of a raised privy mark within a pelleted border. The privy mark includes a number four placed above two horizontal bars with, in the lower part, a heart subdivided into three, each containing a letter, S to left, …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2022
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Record ID: DENO-63326E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, lead alloy cloth seal, dating to the post medieval period, c. AD 1350-1600. The seal is in the form of a largish circular, double layered piece. There is a smaller central, circular disc stamped partly through it. This central disc bears the capital letters H A. Diameter of the larger piece is 28.50 mm and diameter of the smaller circle is 14.55 mm, thickness 2.97 mm, weight 11.38 g. 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 …
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-23514B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and damaged post medieval lead alloy alnage seal comprised of four discs. The designs on the component discs are entirely obscured by wear or bey being enclosed in the folded bundle. One disc may depict a crowned thistle within a beaded border; another possibly a bust, left with mark of value (1) behind and a third possibly depicts a royal cypher [...]R.
Created on: Monday 14th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-22709D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval or post-medieval lead cloth seal. The greater part of a single disc (disc one) is extant. Irregular in shape, but probably originally sub-circular. Stamped on the front with a relief design consisting of a large letter E surmounted by a crown with the number 4 inside. The integral rivet on the reverse bears a fragment of the design from disc two: part of a lattice, probably a portcullis. Cloth seals began to be applied in the medieval period, with documentary references from the late 14th century onwards (Egan 1998, 261); the alnage was administered until 1724 (Ega…
Created on: Monday 14th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Record ID: BH-CE650D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval two-part lead-alloy cloth seal dating c. AD 1600-1700. The seal comprises two discs and the connecting rivet. The central rivet and front disc are stamped with a 'privy' or 'merchant's' mark reading '4'. The face of the other disc has the stamped numbers '1 2'. The surface patina is greyish-yellow in colour. The cloth seal measures 23.5mm in length, 22.5mm in width, 3.4mm in thickness and weighs 9.02 grams.
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2022
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Record ID: BH-CE3E4A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete two-part lead-alloy cloth seal dating c. AD 1600-1700. The seal comprises two discs, the connecting rivet and the rectangular connecting tab. The central rivet and front disc are stamped with a 'privy' or 'merchant's' mark reading 'R' within a 'D'. The other face, which is incomplete, is marked with the stamped letters 'V V'. The surface patina is greyish-yellow in colour. The cloth seal measures 34.6mm in length, 25.7mm in width, 3.8mm in thickness and weighs 12.76 grams.
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-FDC39A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal dating from AD 1500 - 1700. This is two incomplete discs from a two dosc or a four disc seal. One face is stamped with the portcullis badge of the Tudors. The other face is blank or illegible. PAS record SUSS-C074D5 notes that: "The portcullis was the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into the early seventeenth century" (Egan 1995:9)". Alnage seals indicated the cloth had been checked for quality by a Crown official and that the subsidy (tax) had been …
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-FCDCD5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or  Post Medieval lead incomplete cloth seal dating from AD 1350 - 1724. One incomplete disc survives, and it could be from a two disc or a four disc seal. It is thickened in the centre and both faces are illegible. Length 23.5mm; width 19.3mm; thickness 3.2mm and weight 5.12g. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/cloth-seals/.
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2022
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Record ID: LON-A9B0B3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy Cloth Seal dating from the 17th 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. On the obverse the seal has a privy mark consisting of initials I and C either side of the central stem of the privy mark. On reverse is tun bisected vertically by a line with serif ends, annulets in angles.  Dimensions: diameter: 18.56mm; length: 45.92mm; weight: 6.09g Reference: Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals an…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
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Record ID: LON-A9AD89
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy Cloth Seal dating from the 17th 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. On the obverse the seal has a privy mark consisting of initials I and W either side of the central stem of the privy mark and D below.  Dimensions: diameter: 16.74mm; length: 35.94mm; weight: 4.00g Reference: Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper 93. The British M…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
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Record ID: LON-A9AAC8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
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: [CIVITAS] ИORV[ICI] crown over portcullis Reverse: three towared castle. Dimensions: diameter: 23.38mm; weight: 4.00g Another cloth seal of this type on the database is NMS-7028C7. References: Egan, G. 1992. Leaden Cloth Seals. Datasheet 3. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheets 1-24. 1985-1998. Reprographic Unit, University of Oxford. Elton S.F. 2017. Cloth Seals: An Illustrate…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
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Record ID: LON-A9A807
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy Cloth Seal dating from the 17th 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. On the obverse the seal has a privy mark consisting of initials H and H either side of the central stem of the privy mark. On reverse is a large Tudor rose. Dimensions: diameter: 22.18mm; length: 53.89mm; weight: 8.33g Reference: Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper 9…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
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Record ID: LON-A9A488
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
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.72). Obverse: RW/TBP Reverse: castle with three towers with lion passant below Dimensions: diameter: 15.60mm; weight: 3.49g References: Egan, G. 1992. Leaden Cloth Seals. Datasheet 3. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheets 1-24. 1985-1998. Reprographic Unit, University of Oxford. Elton S.F. 2017. Cloth Seals: An Illustrated Reference Guide to Identification of Lead Seals Attached To Cloth, Archaeopr…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
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Record ID: LON-A9A0F1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy Cloth Seal dating from the 17th 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. On the obverse the seal has a privy mark consisting of initials E and F either side of the central stem of the privy mark, the stem terminates in a tun. On reverse is possible the letter W and indisting motif below possible a portcullis. Dimensions: diameter: 23.07mm; length: 58.45mm; weight: 8.72g Reference: Egan, G. 1994. …
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2023
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Record ID: LON-A999E8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post medieval lead alloy Colchester Dutch community cloth seal dated AD 1571. The obverse of the seal has an ornate shield, bearing cross raguly and the three coronets of Colchester. The reverse of the seal has the squashed lead rivet attached with the remains of the legend [DVYT / COLCHES // T]E[R /] SAY / [1]5[71] A similar seal is shown in Egan (1994:163 fig.26) Dimensions: diameter: 19.25mm; weight: 4.13g Elton (2017:73) writes "The Dutch weavers arrived in Colchester in 1570 and established their renowned bay and say cl…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6590CE
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Post-medieval lead cloth seals: both two-part, one blank (diam. 17mm); the other a probable woad seal, with standing figure of native American holding bow // rectangular figure (? tower) within obscure inscription .........O ......... Diameter 22mm. 3mm thick. Weight 9.22 g. A dyer's seal (Egan 1994, no. 274). 17th century.
Created on: Monday 24th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
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Record ID: WILT-00568F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval or Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1450-1600. The seal is probably comprised of two discs although no join or integral rivet is visible and the connecting strip is absent. One face is stamped with a reverse L surrounded by four pellets and possibly two bars, the reverse design is indiscernible.  Dimensions: Diameter: 19.0mm, Thickness: 3.0mm, Weight: 11.0g. See WILT-B2D458 on the PAS database for a similar example from Wiltshire.
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: NARC-82E9C4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead cloth seal of late Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1500-1650). The object is comprised one half of a two-disc seal and partial connecting rivet. The second perforated disc and connecting strip are missing. The front of the seal carries a raised moulded a pinecone with a pellet above which is a transverse collar and flared pelleted stem. It sits within a boarder composed of moulded curvilinear device which is repeated around the outer edge of the disc. The back of the object retains a central convex boss which would have formed into the connecting rivet. The centra…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: CORN-57FEFE
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A two part lead cloth seal of the Norwich Weavers Company, circa late 17th century. The outer face has a three line legend reading WOR/STED / REFOR/MED: the reverse has a number, 40, which indicates the quantity of yards the piece contained (see Egan, (1987), p173 and BH-1A11D7). Measurements: Length, 22.67mm (including attachment strap); Width, 19.4mm; Thickness, 3.64mm; Weight, 5.39g
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Record ID: SUR-54BDF5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy clothworker's personal seal comprised of two discs. One is stamped with a monogram or privy mark. This comprises a "sign of four", with the horizontal bar terminating in a cross and the lower stem dividing initials [...]S with XX below. The reverse has traces of an impression of a coarse woven cloth.
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-E809FD
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete two part lead cloth seal (alnage seal). One disc only remains with an integral circular sectioned rivet at the rear. On the face of the disc is the moulded design of a crown above a spiked portcullis inside a beaded border with lettering around. The lettering is indistinct, but may in part read - ORST - or -OBST- . Date:  Post Medieval - c. 1550 - 1600 Dimensions: 18.03 mm x 7.59 mm Weight: 3.64 g   
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Saturday 21st January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D8BC2F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete two part lead cloth seal (alnage seal). One disc is larger and has a moulded design of a crown above a shield with a small cross at the centre of the top edge. The crown has pellets on the band. The rear of this disc has an integral rivet at the centre and bears an impression of the weave of the fabric to which is was originally attached. The second disc (at the rear of the first) is smaller and pierced by the integral rivet. It bears a group of five pellets arranged in a cross and a possible letter C. Date: Probably Post Medieval - c. 1500 - 1700 Dimensions: 17.08 mm x 5…
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2022
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Record ID: CORN-C506D7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy cloth seal, dating to AD 1660 - 1675.  The seal is formed of two sub-circular inner sections, probably of a four-part cloth seal. The first part shows a crowned portcullis with a four by three lattice and chains to the sides, possibly with figures to sides of this and all in a circular double border. The other section bears a P above W ligature with the inscription [SOM]ERSE[T] around. The remains of a border around the inscription can be seen at the base. The P over W is believed to be the mark of a particular post-restoration alnager who …
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-AE0F8E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval tubular lead cloth seal. It has been flattened then slightly bent and has lost a few fragments from one end and from one face (worn breaks). It is now very broadly rectangular. One face bears part of the stamped image of a castle, oriented obliquely, with a letter N to the right. To the right of this, and near one corner, is a small section of a beaded circular border. The castle has three towers with crenulated battlements. One of the flanking towers is only suggested, since it falls mostly beyond the edge of the seal. The central tower is the largest and is m…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: NLM-5FDFB8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead probable cloth seal fragment. A small cast disc with a narrow lug which probably connected it to a counterpart, now lost. One side bears a stamped figurative motif which resembles a harp, and may hint at goods of Irish origin. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1800 Length: 16.1mm, Width: 12.9mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 1.61gms
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1CFFD6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval two part lead cloth seal. Both parts survive but the connecting ligature strip is missing. The face of the impressed disc is decorated with a crowned portcullis within a damaged, incomplete and now illegible inscription. The reverse is blank. Diameter 27mm. 4mm thick. Weighs 9.63g. The portcullis was "the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into the early seventeenth century" (Egan 1995: 9). Alnage seals indicated the cloth had been checked for quality by a Crown official and that the subsidy (t…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2022
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Record ID: OXON-DFA1E1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Post Medieval cloth seal, probably dating from AD 1575 - 1700. The seal is two discs of lead joined together through an integral rivet on one disc is passed through a hole on the other and squashed flat when the seal was stamped. The stamped surface has the raised design of HZ the Z being placed across the cross bar of the H. The reverse has the personal seal of an individual scrated across the surface in two lines. This possibly represent 77Z lozenge over 25. The seal is an off white colour The seal is 25.7mm in diameter, 4.1mm thick and we…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: IOW-493BB7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval four-part lead alloy alnage seal dating from the reign of William III (1688-1702). The disc features a bare-headed bust, right, with no inscription. The reverse is blank.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-493A43
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy alnage seal, c.AD 1636-1700. This seal has only a fragment of one face, on which is depicted in relief a three masted sailing ship under full sail. The only parts of the ship that is preserved are the side of the ship with four gun openings, the central mast and sail with rigging, and a wooden balcony around the stern. The ship appears to be a galleon or man o'war style ship, with its carefully depicted multi level decks. The sails are square, but only one set of sails is visible on each mast, ruling out a later clipper style ship. …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-38B589
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal dating to circa AD 1649-1660. The extant piece consists of one disc of a probable 4 disc alnage seal. One face bear the arms of the Commonwealth (shields of St George and harp for England and Ireland respectively). The other has a raised pellet in the centre. The tab for the seal is now survived by a short stub protruding from 12 o'clock of the front face.  Similar examples are recorded under: LVPL-13A655; LEIC-BD1E08 and  NMS-A1C53A Diameter: 14mm; Thickness: 1.6mm; Weight: 1.35g.
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Harkstead', 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: SUR-F5244D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy disc from a two part post medieval cloth seal. The remaining portion has a large letter F surrounded by a beaded border with a partial legend on the outside, possibly [...]P : R[...].
Created on: Friday 19th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2022
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Record ID: DOR-A5BF16
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead bag or cloth seal. On one side there is a large letter E, on the other side is a sexfoil with oval shaped petals, each petal has a central spine. The rear face featuring the flower is larger than the upper face. Date: Late Medieval to Post Medieval - c. 1400 - 1600 Dimensions: 19.78 mm x 16.26 mm Thickness: 4.38 mm Weight: 5.74 g  
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-4DFA17
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead two-part cloth seal, diameter 24mm. - // crown over portcullis (rivet only). 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2022
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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: DOR-0F132B
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead cloth seal of Augsburg. The surviving fragment consists a single disc of a two or four-part cloth seal, with an integral rivet projecting from the reverse. The edges of two sides of the disc are now folded over. The disc is stamped with a design featuring a large letter A in relief in the centre, with prominent serifs, a flat top and a v-shaped cross-bar. An annulet is placed to the right side the of the A. A beaded border around the circumference of the disc is still visible above and to the right of the A. On the reverse of the disc, t…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 31st August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-FE6F4F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc 2 or 3 of a post-medieval lead four-part cloth seal in abraded condition. Arms of the Commonwealth, [THE] COMMON WEALTH around. Diameter 16mm. 1649-60.
Created on: Sunday 7th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2022
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Record ID: BERK-F9BAD1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. The seal is a two-piece seal with a broken connecting strip. On one side is an I or worn T. The other side is plain.
Created on: Sunday 7th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2022
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