Cloth Seal, Alnage, Arms of England
Cloth Seal, Alnage, Arms of England, Image by Karen Ellis-Andrews, Found by Roy Ellis.
Found on the Thames Foreshore, 18mm.
Missing // crowned arms of England C (R) to sides // missing // missing
Probably an inner disc from a star-shaped Charles II alnage seal for Gloucestershire, see 137,3256, 3342, 4272 & 4601, on p.122 in Provenanced Leaden Cloth Seals by Geoffrey Egan, "- // crown over arms of England, CR to sides // .3./TN, *GLOSTER.S.16(8)2 around // -
The inner parts are scallop-shaped, except for no. 4272, where the surviving inner part is 'star'-shaped. It too may be a 1676 seal."
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