Two disc seal, one smaller then the other, with connecting strip torn off. The smaller size of the rivet disc may have allowed the rove disc to be cast with inscription which would then have survived the riveting process by confining the sealing pressure to the diameter of the smaller disc. The 62 scratched on probably refers to the length of the cloth and the C.M. after the name could well stand for Cloth Manufacturer or Merchant. Probably late eighteenth to early nineteenth century clothier's seal. This appears to have been confirmed by Paul Cannon.
From Paul Cannon, - "This information may link to the J Denison on the seal. HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY,
OF THE WEST-RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, WITH THE CITY OF YORK AND PORT OF HULL BY WILLIAM WHITE PRINTED 1837:- 'The Denison Family are connected with Leeds, and one of them was elected Bishop of Salisbury in 1837. The name of this prelate's father was originally John Wilkinson Esq. a London merchant, and first cousin of Wm. Denison Esq. of Kirkgate, in this town, where he carried on an extensive business as a woollen merchant and realised a fortune of £700,000, a large portion of which he gained, it is said, by one ship's cargo, which arrived at Lisbon immediately after that city had been nearly destroyed by an earthquake. He died in 1782, and was interred at Ossington, where, on his monument in the church, he is represented standing on a pedestal, with his ship unloading in Lisbon haven. He bequeathed the bulk of his property to the above named John Wilkinson Esq. on condition of his assuming the name of Dension, and continuing to carry on at Leeds. Mr D's business as a cloth merchant, along with Mr W's brother, to whom about £3,000 or £4,000 year was also bequeathed and who retained his own name. Mr John Denison built for himself the spacious mansion in Hanover Square, (London) called Denison Hall, and was for some time a member of Parliament. The principal estate left to him was Ossington, in Nottinghamshire, the present residence of J E Denison Esq. M P for that county, and brother to the present Bishop of Salisbury. The families of John Denison, Esq. and his brother - Wilkinson Esq., still hold jointly the property extending for some distance on both sides of the river Aire near Knostrop, and they have also property at Woodhouse and in Kirkgate.'
