Cloth Seal, Cloth Worker's Personal Seal, EC, Image by StuE, Found by Nasher.
Found near Baldock, Hertfordshire, 33 x 27mm, 12.2g.
E C with hawk displayed below, triple ringed border, number stamped across surface near the E, raised letters near joining strap EDM ... // indecipherable letters/numbers stamped deeply, 292 scratched, raised letters near joining strap ... HY(E?)
The style is similar to those known to be used by clothiers, weavers and searchers to demark cloths they have worked on. See Figs. 33 & 34, Geoff Egan,'Lead cloth seals and related items in the B.M. (B.M.occ.papers 93)' and fits to a series displaying heraldic images, p.88, ibid.
