Cloth Seal, Norwich, Alnage, Image & Found by Anon
Found on the Thames Foreshore, ?mm.
88, (N).O.R.I.(M)* around // crown
*could be N
A two-disc alnage seal probably from Norwich.
An important seal as it clearly shows the fourth letter surrounding the date numbers to be an I. This was mistaken for an A on other seals, leading to an assumption of NORAM and the now unlikely assignment to Northampton. While no other abbreviation of Norwich to NORIM is known to me it is a more probable designation, especially when account is taken of the similarities with No.77 Fig.21, Geoff Egan, 'Lead cloth seals and related items in the B.M. (B.M. Occasional Paper 93)' NORWICH around the date, 1681, and a Crown of the same style as on this seal on the other side.
