Cloth seal, Clothier's Seal, Essex, Judith Arthur

Cloth seal, Clothier's Seal, Essex, Judith Arthur, Image by Karen Ellis-Andrews, Found by Roy Ellis.
Found on the Thames Foreshore, 45mm.

Star // three lions, JVDETH (AR)THOR MAKEING around // missing // missing

Geoff Egan personal communication to Roy Ellis, 24/4/1980, "Star // JVDETH (AR)THOR MAKEING // missing [? 'bays in ...' // missing
17th century clothiers seal, probably from an Essex bay cloth (name of town of manufacture missing); heraldic star may indicate a fabric called 'star bay'. Very unusual for a woman to appear as a clothier on a seal."