Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Exeter, Edmund Cock Junior
Cloth Seal, Exeter, Edmund Cock Junior, Clothier's Seal, Image & Held by Michel Royer.
Found in the Gdansk region, 25mm.
Blank // 49(scratched) in traces of a square border // two lions rampant facing each other, E COCK above IUNIO(R) below // missing
This seal apparently belongs to the son of Edmund Cock, see BSG.CS.00839.
See Euro-Plombs where this seal was originally recorded and provides the following extra information. "This manufacturer is known by the name of Edmunt or Edmont Cock junior according to the documents. He was affiliated with the weavers and tailors of Exeter (Exon) since 1719 and became its master in 1726. His father, Edmunt Cock, is known by seals of textile seals such as that presented by Stuart on his site, see Link above. His father had been affiliated with the same guild since 1687 and was its master in 1708, noting that he was a fuller".
See Masters of the Gild of Weavers tuckers and Shearmen of Exeter.
These cloths were often wrapped in tillets for export.