Cloth Seal, Weave Imprint, Image & Found by Pip.
Found in Sussex, 22mm, 7.1g.
A cloth seal clearly showing the impression of the cloth it was pressed against it is unusual in showing the imprint on the outside of the seal - from being pressed in an additional finishing process after it had been sealed.
See p.172, Provenanced Leaden Cloth Seals by Geoffrey Egan, Sub-Department of Medieval Archaeology, University College, University of London. submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1987, "A glossy surface could be given to worsted fabrics by calendering, or by the use of the hot press - which was legalised under James I after half a century of proscription (Allison 1961,70 & 72). A Hotpressers' Company was incorporated in Norwich in 1682 (Priestley 1985,194; cf. Allison 1961,72, where the date is given as 1683). Some Norfolk seals (e. g. nos. 2354 & 2731) have the imprint of a fabric on their outer surface - this is probably the result of calendering, or pressing, when the textile was folded over the seal."