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Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 11:21 am
by StuE
These are very difficult to tie down - 17th century is the best bet but anywhere between the late 1500's and early 1700's would not be surprising!
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 6:24 am
by tomredmayne
Hi Stu. Another one from the same site............
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 2:05 pm
by StuE
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 4:16 pm
by tomredmayne
Thanks Stu........your wish is my command..........only a fragment this time but some detail................
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2016 6:55 pm
by StuE
Could be a searchers 2 disc seal but I think I'll pass on this one
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:00 am
by tomredmayne
Morning Stu.......another one from the same site and it's those madder bags again...........
Is this another London Dyers Guild seal with the swan motif on the other side?
Thanks
Tom
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 9:56 am
by StuE
Yes - spot on with your ID Tom. The London Dyers' Guild occupied the Thames north bank between Queenhythe Dock and London Bridge in the 17th century. Among the lanes where their workshops were situated were Old Swan Lane and Anchor Lane, which makes me think that your anchor seal above might be a London Dyer's seal also. Here is a Swan Lane one with the full Dyers' Guild arms (poorly) displayed on the other side -
http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.ph ... emId=12572
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:58 am
by StuE
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:19 am
by tomredmayne
Thanks Stu. This site is really starting to get interesting. A couple of coin weights from here too and a few jettons so trading definitely going on here...............in cloth maybe?...........
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 1:26 pm
by StuE
Let's hope so! I nominate you to go to your local archives and find out where the nearest cloth fairs were
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 6:03 pm
by tomredmayne
And still they keep coming!
Two more from this afternoon.......same site............
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:11 pm
by StuE
That's an interesting one -
http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.ph ... emId=22943
The second shows the cross in circle radiant - a depiction of the Garter Star, which can be found in the centre of the cruciform shields of larger silver coins struck from 1662 onwards. -
http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.ph ... emId=21053
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:41 am
by tomredmayne
Thanks Stu............
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 5:13 pm
by Fishwick
Recovered, today, from a hill on the Worcestershire/ Warwickshire border.
Never had much luck in identifying them
Re: Lead bag and cloth seals
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 12:44 pm
by StuE
Looks to be a new one on me - any chance of a larger, sharper image please? -
http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.ph ... emId=22189