Cloth seal
Cloth seals were attached to cloth as part of the process of regulating its quality. This seal shows the Royal Arms of England on one side and the Tudor rose on the other. It was discovered in Exeter, which has a long association with the cloth industry.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 30/1926
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Gilbert-Vaughan, SR, Mr
- Material
- lead
- Common Name
- cloth seal
- Simple Name
- cloth seal
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750); Tudor (1500-1603)
