Irish Alnage Office Dublin Seal, Image & Found by Rabb.
Found in Northern Ireland.
Crowned Irish Harp G (R) to sides at base, DUBLIN.17(37?) // crowned winged leopards head with shuttle in mouth, (COR W)EAVERS around
From Evie Monaghan, "I happened across your website when trying to find an image of the seals used by the alnage office for cloth inspected by them in Dublin. I think perhaps that this is one such seal. I am deducing this from a description of the seal found in an article on the weavers guild which described an advertisement published in 1754 (William Cotter Stubbs, 'Weaver's Guild', Journal of the Royal Society of Ireland, 9:1, (1919) p.69) directing that cloth 'should have a lead seal attached .... with the maker's name; and also the alnage seal, a round lead seal, with the crest of the corporation on one side, with the words 'Cor. Weavers'; and on the other side a Harp and Crown, with the words round the margin 'C & C. Dublin'
This description matches very well with the photo on your website. The crest is not very clear on the seal in the picture but a description of the crest of the Weaver's guild follows: 'arms, argent, on a fesse between three leopards faces, azure, each having in the mouth a shuttle, as many trefoils of the first; Crest: a leopard's face, ducally crowned, in the mount a shuttle, between two wings conjoined, supporters: two cockatrices, gules'.
Attached is an image of the London Weavers Coats of Arms, which I think reconciles pretty well with the crest depicted on the seal in your database."
While the alnage ended in 1724 in England, the statute to abolish it in Ireland was not enacted until 1817.
See BSG.CS.01598 for another example of this seal.
Could the finder of this seal or anyone who knows Rabb please get in touch with me as it would be helpful to find out all we can about this important seal.