Cloth Seal, Colchester Dutch Community Seal, Crown Bay, 1571 onward

Cloth Seal, Colchester Dutch Crown Bay Seal, Image & Found by José de Sousa.
Found in the Algarve, Portugal, 44.4mm, 9.65g.

Ornate shield bearing three crowns, 15 (71) to sides // missing, cloth weave imprint

The torn rivet disc from a two-disc, double rivet Colchester Dutch weaver's crown bay seal. The arms are an adaptation of the arms of Colchester.

This seal is evidence of the cloth trade between Colchester and Portugal.