Missing // angel in pleated dress, palm leaf in left hand, garbe (wheat-sheaf) or possibly a torch in right hand, * GLORIA * IN * EXELCIS * . around // missing // missing
An inner-disc from a four disc seal with remnants of gilding. It shows an angel in pleated dress with palm leaf in left hand and garbe or torch? in the right hand, inscription around in annulus of fused pellets - .GLORIA.IN.EXELCIS.
See:- Nos.64 & 66, Fig.20 & Nos.67,68&69, Fig.21, Geoff Egan, 'Lead cloth seals and related items in the B.M. (B.M.occ.papers 93)'.
See BSG.CS.00895 for what is probably the complete version of this seal.
This seal is evidence of the cloth trade between London and Portugal in the 17th & 18th centuries.
