BSG.CS.00729
BSGCS00729

BSG.CS.00729 — Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Leeds, Fleece

Cloth Seal, Leeds, Fleece, Image by StuE, Unknown Finder.

Found in England, 23mm, 9.5g.

Two disc seal with little more than the rivet remaining on one side showing a fleece suspended and sections of ornate border. The other side has 40 scratched in angular figures (the 0 being a square on one edge) and the base of the rivet showing as a circle.

The suspended sheep or ram represents a wool fleece which is part of the coat of arms of Leeds City. This is also found on cloth seals from Ghent but the ram shown on this seal looks a better match to that shown on other Leeds seals.