A two-disc cloth seal probably belonging to a clothier named Dudgeon with 32 indicating the length in yards or less likely the weight in pounds. Probably a later seal from the 18th or 19th century.
Another example with the number 105 was found by Brian Mckibbin outside Belfast N. Ireland measuring 21mm in diameter. 105 yds would be a very large roll of cloth and so perhaps it is not the length but an order number, these are also common on clothier's seals.
From Paul Cannon, "I would like to suggest that this and the recently discovered example, may relate to the Irish linen industry. Both of the seals were found in Northern Ireland and record the surname ‘DUDGEON’.
I believe Andrew Dudgeon is a potential candidate. *He was an actual linen worker, involved in the very last stages of the production of linen cloth, known as a ‘lapper’. He was working in Monaghan, next to the border with modern Ulster.
The following newspaper article comes from “Pue’s Occurrences” which was published in Dublin. The edition is dated 27 June, 1758 (p 3).
“LINNEN BOARD: In Pursuance of an Advertisement of the 28th April last, requiring all Lappers of Linen Cloath to return to Arthur Newburgh, Esq: an Impression of their seals, with their Securities, in three Weeks from the Date thereof (expressly setting forth) that those who neglected or refused complying therewith should be discharged: agreeable to the said Advertisement, the following herein named Lappers have returned their Securities: and all Merchants, Exporters and others, Dealers in Linen are hereby desired to be cautious in buying Linens from Lappers whose names are not contained in the here inserted List of Lappers.”
The middle part of the article has 7 long columns containing the names of the ‘Lappers of linen cloth’, who had supplied impressions of their seals plus securities. A total of 497 names are listed and the places they worked from, all over Ireland. The sixth column contains the 28 lappers of Monaghan, which includes ‘And. Dudgeon’. Many of the first names are abbreviated. If nothing else this shows the great number of Irish linen seals that potentially await discovery. The full list of Lappers’ names along with the rest of the article are transcribed at Original Rootsweb Co. Tyrone Community Site. I have seen the actual newspaper on the British Newspaper Archive website and this particular edition of the Pue’s Occurrences clearly states on page 1 that it covers the period 'From Tuesday June the 27th to Saturday July 1st 1758'."