Cloth Seal, Cloth Worker's Personal Seal, Initialled, IBA, 1575~1700

Cloth Seal, Initialled, Image by StuE, Found by Blue_yeti.
Found in East England, 20mm, 7.0g.

Complete two disc seal showing initials I B A set in a triangular configuration around a looped design with five petalled flower heads to the sides of the top letter B, all in a line and corded circular border. The other disc is blank.

A huge number of privy marks have been found and were used by many different individuals, families and companies associated with the cloth industry but unfortunately very few can be traced.