BSG.CS.01289 — Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Swynford

Found in Bellem, between Ghent and Bruges, Belgium, 40mm, 12.3g.

Missing // ornate shield bearing three boar's heads couped, an armet with complex lambrequin and the crest a boar rampant, *FIAT*VOLVN TAS*DOMINI* around // missing // missing

* are flower heads - Latin inscription (Let the Lord's will be done). The image right, detailing a more complete example, is copyright to Timeline Auctions Catalogue, LOT 1206, Wednesday 14th March 2012.

The arms are believed to be those of the Swynford family but a number of other family arms are described as three boar's heads couped, see p.923, An alphabetical dictionary of coats of arms belonging to families in Great Britain and Ireland : forming an extensive ordinary of British armorials.

See also Lakenlood met familiewapen: 17 de eeuw - Bodemvondstenwereld. And Metaaldetectie Vlaanderen – Metal Detection Flanders – Détection de métaux Flandre.