Record ID: WILT-5677A5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post medieval lead two-part cloth seal, unidentified continental import. D.18.1x14.4mm//missing; casting seam and textile impression on reverse; weighs 2.75g. Draped figure facing within pellet border, holding sword. A ?feather extends from the neck to each side of the head// (on rivet) part of (?heraldic convention for fur) Geoff Egan comments: It may possibly be St Pol in France (cf. Egan 1994, British Museum Occasional Paper 93, Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum, no.304) where the heraldic convention for fur may perhaps be what is represen…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-C500E2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval two-part lead cloth seal depicting a crown over a portcullis on disc two, with no legend. It is poorly struck. It is 13mm in diameter and weighs 1.94g. -//crown over portcullis Geoff Egan comments: It is late 16th century and apparently an alnage issue. The rather cartoon version of the heraldic motifs, however, suggests it may be a contemporary counterfeit, set illictly on a textile to avoid the cloth tax and/or the quality inspection. Much more interesting to have dark dealings than the system ticking away routinely. Salisbury Museum Medieval Catalogue 3 (2…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-19ECC0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead 4-disc cloth seal, mesuring 24.5x13.5mm and weighing 4.47g. Diameters: 10mm//13.5mm//13.5mm//11mm [SEA]/RCH/ED // - // crown over fleur-de-lis, I R to sides // - The crowned fleur-de-lis and IR stamp dates this seal to the reign of James I. Geoff Egan comments that this often (but probably not exclusively) appears with Devon stamps. Cf. Egan 1994, Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum, p.24 and p.159 no.6. Disc 1 is stamped 'searched' - examined for quality. Cf. Egan 1994 p.78 and p.181 no.204 & p.86 and p.184 no.244.
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-5FFE43
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post-Medieval lead two-part cloth seal, measuring 21.25mm in length, 12.96mm in width and weighing 5.14g. 11.88mm//12.03mm Crowned portcullis with legend around, [...]?DT[...]//- 16th/ 17th century in date.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-605718
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post-Medieval lead two-part cloth seal with interconnecting strip, measuring 23.56mm in length, 19.79mm in width and weighing 5.95g. 20.20mm//19.99mm W]OR/STED/REFOR/MED//- A peculiar squiggle on disc two may well be part of a number, now lost, denoting the number of yards of cloth attached. Worsted Reformed seals were produced by the Norwich Weavers' Company for the large national and international market for late 17th century Norfolk worsteds. Reference: Egan, G., 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper 93. The British Mus…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-DD2F35
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete early 18th century lead 4-part alnage seal of Queen Anne (1701-14), consisting of discs two and three and their interconnecting strip only. It weighs 2.65g and measures 16.43mm in length. missing//13.93mm//13.96mm//missing (missing) // head of Anne, ANN[A] REGINA around // orb surmounted by cross and with jewelled bands, I to side // (missing) Cf.Egan 1994, 65, ref. 146.
Created on: Monday 26th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-147BE5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Post-Medieval lead four-part cloth-seal, consisting of disc two or three and the interconnecting strip only, plus a damaged edge on the opposite side. It is 13.66mm in diameter and 14.53mm in length. It weighs 1.48g. - // SIT:-OR around S // - // -
Created on: Friday 6th March 2009
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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Record ID: WILT-E8FAC3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Post-Medieval (1600-50) lead 2-part cloth seal, comprising disc two only, which has been pierced. It measures 12.87x12.77x1.27mm and weighs 1.3g. The disc bears a crowned thistle with a 1.53mm diameter piercing to its left. The projection for the connecting strip is below and bent back onto the reverse, which is plain. Geoff Egan comments: Compare with my BM catalogue no. 200, though this may well be from a four-disc version - an integrally cast inner disc from an early C17th alnage seal. There could be several reasons for the rough piercing: someone might…
Created on: Thursday 27th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 29th June 2010
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Record ID: WILT-9FFF41
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval (post-1700) lead 2-part Cloth Seal, measuring 22.86mm in diameter and 33.26mm in length, 3.42mm in thickness and weighing 8.69g. incuse A, scratched 21¼ // CL within star border Geoff Egan comments: This is another weaver's/clothier's seal, this time for someone with the initials CL. It is routine for these to be difficult to the point of impossibility to identify with individuals. The isolated incuse A (with scratched 21¼ for length in yards) is a hint of a late date - ie post 1700.
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 2nd July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Latton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-480AC4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Post-Medieval (1500-1700) lead 2- or 4-part Cloth Seal, consisting of disc one only. It measures 15.23x14.73mm and weighs 2.3g. Crowned rose // fabric imprint, projecting lobe
Created on: Wednesday 7th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Andover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-81F5A1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Post-Medieval (1550-1650) lead 2-part cloth seal, weighing 17.18g and measuring 35.78mm in diameter and 41.73mm in length. .:RICHARD:BOX.: + 'ring-and-dot, backwards 3, + 3 ring-and-dot' / SEARCHED +: / FAVL/TIE // LONGH/NAROW/WAIGH / offset W Geoff Egan comments that this is very similar to a series of rectangular cloth seals (cf. Egan 1994 Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum; pp.86, 184; no.244) which have the proforma 'length, narrow, weight'. These would have been used on particularly heavy cloths.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Record ID: WILT-F648C1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval (1500-1800) two-part lead cloth seal, consisting of disc one and a stub of the broken connecting strip. Measures 20.83x19.83x7.01mm, weighs 4.32g. In the centre of disc one is the large rivet which went through a hole in the other disc and then was stamped flat, holding the two discs together and to the cloth. It is very worn and much of the patination, along with decoration, is lost.
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 17th September 2010
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Record ID: WILT-1CADF2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval (1450-1550) lead probable cloth-seal, although there is no apparent join between lower and upper half and no sign of rivet or connecting strip. It measures 24.14mm in diameter, is max.2.86mm thick and weighs 9.45g. crown over ornate shield, rose to left, sun to right, ...]NOR' IN COM VVILTEC around // large letter F, rose to left, sun to right, SVBCIDII PANNOR [...]VVIL[... around Geoff Egan comments 'This is a late 15th/ early 16th century seal of alnage of subsidy, with very neatly matched discs and a well concealed rivet '. Cf. Egan 1994 no.104 (disc one) and …
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
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Record ID: WILT-8A1685
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval (1500-1800) two-part lead cloth seal, now in two parts. Together they measure 47.39mm in length (with the connecting strip) and weigh 6.6g. Disc one measures 21.10x18.89mm in diameter, with the remains of the squashed rivet on one side, which also retains the imprint of the fabric. On the other side it is worn almost smooth and also carries traces of a fabric imprint, and possibly a crowned rose. Disc two measures 19.54x18.36mm in diameter, with imprint of fabric on both faces.
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-186444
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large post medieval lead two-part cloth seal, apparantly plain. It is 25mm in diameter and weighs 10.6g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-A3EF62
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth seal, c. 16th century AD. The seal measures 16mm in diameter and weighs 2.0g. The seal is very worn and is a small fragment. On the front of the fragment there is the bottom of a 'V' on the left hand side which is then followed by a raised circular line which would have continued underneath any other inscription, encircling the central emblem. The emblem here seems to form a shield shape, similar to those found on the Colchester Dutch community broad seals found in Egan, 1994, Lead Cloth Seals - occasional paper, no's 27, 28 and 31, pg 164-5. The rever…
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-A43EA3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth seal fragment, c. 16th-17th century AD. The seal measures 25mm in length and is 12mm wide, weighing 3.0g. The seal is very worn with no decoration and forms an irregular rectangle in shape. The front of the seal has a rough patina but the reverse is smooth with a conical knop formed on the right hand side.
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-A47EA8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth seal, c. 16th-17th century AD. The seal measures 26mm in length and is 16mm wide, weighing 5.6g. The seal is plain on both sides, with a small horizontal raised line indicated on the side opposite the folded edge of the seal. It is very similar to clothiers'/ weavers'/ searchers' seals in Egan, 1994, Lead Cloth Seals - occasional paper, pg 182-3.
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-4A0EA4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead 2-part cloth seal, measuring 14mm in diameter and 18.5mm in length (with connecting strip). It weighs 2.9g. The 'decorated' face depicts a fleur de lys within a border of tiny vertical lines. 16th/ 17t century.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-7E7BF3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc one of a two disc post medieval lead cloth seal, measuring 17.9x20.1mm and weighing 4.46g. The cloth seal depicts an ox (apparantly a quality symbol) with AV above, for the city name (Augsberg, South Germany). This also appears across the beast's body as AVGSPVRG. The cloth seal is for a fustian (mixed linen and cotton fabric), Augsburg fustians being among the most common of all cloth seals found in this country. Dates to end of 16th century (possibly)/ early 17th century.
Created on: Monday 26th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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