BSG.CS.00674 — Cloth Seal, Dye Seal, London Dyers Company, SC

Found near Dunmow, Essex, 20mm, 4.9g.

W / S C // missing but rivet head bears part of a madderbag

Cloth dyers seal with W above SC in raised letters. The W probably stands for woad. The incomplete madder dye bag is a recognised sign of a dyer of cloths - see Fig.35, London Dyers' Company seals, Geoff Egan, British Museum Occasional Paper 93, Lead Cloth Seals & Related Items in the British Museum.