Cloth seals (Numismatics)
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Cloth seals (Numismatics)
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009005287
- info:lc/authorities/sh2009005287
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2009005287#concept
Instance Of
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Variants
- Bag seals (Numismatics)
- Bale seals
- Lead bag seals (Numismatics)
- Lead bale seals
- Lead cloth inspection seals
- Lead cloth seals (Numismatics)
Broader Terms
Sources
- found: Work cat.: 2008421846: Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, A. Sellos de paños, 2007: p. 4 of cover (from the lower Middle Ages to the modern age, manufacturers of clothing used lead stamps to identify the origin and quality of their products)
- found: Preservation Virginia web site, May 13, 2009 (cloth seals were small seals made of lead crimped on finished cloth in order to provide tax revenue and provenance in Europe; lead cloth seals)
- found: Website of Colchester treasure hunting, May 13, 2009 (cloth seals were widely used in Europe between the 13th and 19th centuries as a means of identification and as a component of regulation and quality control. Cloth seals appear to be the most thoroughly documented type of seal. Cloth seals were typically two disc seals joined by a connecting strip. These were intended to be folded around each side of a textile and stamped closed, in a manner similar to that in which coins were stamped; bale seals; lead bale seals)
- found: Our past history WWW site, June 8, 2009: (lead cloth and bag seals)
- found: 17th century lead cloth seals from Anne Arundel County, Maryland via WWW, June 8, 2009: (lead cloth seals, bale seals, lead cloth inspection seals)
- notfound: Encyc. Britannica;Humanities index;Oxford Art Online, May 27, 2009
Change Notes
- 2009-05-13: new
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