Wonderful group of Lead seals from a site in Portobello Panama

Wonderful group of Lead seals from a site in Portobello, Panama

Lead seals such as cloth seals and bale seals were widely used in Europe and the Colonial Americas 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/or cloth burlap bag and stamped closed, in a manner similar to that in which coins were stamped.

All Historic Lead seals are quite Rare with few examples surviving from shipwrecks, due to saltwater corrosion.

Most are recovered from land finds and burials

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	Beautiful British Seal Large lead cloth seal with Tudor rose and British arms designs. 1-5/8" in diameter. This is one of the most detailed seals we have ever seen nice and flat, with a big, crowned Tudor rose on one side and a full British coat-of-arms on the other side $155.00 #s1lg
	Arch Angel Shield with a single sword in upper section , boarder with: DE LONDI NO Rev; shows Angel , possibly Saint Micheals and in boarder "Gloria in excelsis" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") 1 1/2 inch diameter $145.00 #s3lg
	Massive Large Lead Seal. with The Arms of Amsterdam shield. one of the largest we have ever seen. 2 1/2 inch diameter front; 'GE BLAEUT' back; 'OM CASTOOR' $250.00 #s7lg
	Great Dutch/Netherlands Seal one side showing a similar Lion that is used on Netherland Lion Dalers of the 1640's rev; 'ENCES LAIDEN' w/shield and two crossed keys of Leyden ? approx 1 inch diameter. $145.00 #s6lg

	the Arch Angel Shield with a single sword in upper section , boarder with: DE LONDI NO Rev; shows Angel , possibly Saint Micheals and in boarder "Gloria in excelsis" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") 1 1/2 inch diameter $145.00 #s4lg
	4 small seals Group of 4 small Lead seals with LE FLEUR design on one side and numbers (weights or quanity notations) one with "LILLE EN LANDRE" $80.00 #s5lg
	4 Small Seals nice group of additional research, stamped with numbers, weights and one marked : 40 AVLNN (?) $80.00 #s2lg
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