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Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (21.4 grams total, 25-27 mm).
Both with central eight-petalled flower within a roundel, surrounding inscription, one with legend 'S' WILLI WASRAT' = Seal of William Wasrat; the other with 'S' HENRICI BREIWOOD' = Seal of Henry Brewood, the family originating in Brewood, Staffordshire. [2, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
PUBLISHED:
Bailey, G., Finds identified, Witham, 2000, pp.25-26, figs.4,7.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds, Witham, 1999, p.55, fig.18, for similar seals.
FOOTNOTES:
During the medieval period the use of seals on documents, letters and packages became widespread. Lead was cheap to use and easy to engrave, and from the late 12th until the end of 13th century seals of this type, with very conventional central designs, were important possessions amongst the lower classes.
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