Burnard, Lack & Alger, Plymouth, Seal, Image & Found by Tony Collins.
Found in St Saviour Jersey, 20mm.
Both sides showing a raised circle border with inscription around the inside - BURNARD LACK & ALGER * at the centre is the sun or an eight pointed star and below this PLYMOUTH curving upwards.
Burnard, Lack & Alger Ltd. were manufacturers of chemical and other fertilizers based originally in Sutton Road, Plymouth and latter moved to Cattedown. There is no record of when the company was founded but it was in the second half of the nineteenth century as seen in the following short extract from the biography of William Henry Alger, The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History "William Henry Alger was born in 1836, the son of Mr John Alger, one of the leading merchants of Plymouth. He was trained for a business career at the Independent College at Taunton, Somerset, and on completion of his studies joined the firm of Messrs Burnard, Lack & Company, manufacturers of chemical fertilisers. They were at that time based near Phoenix Wharf, on the Barbican, but later had an extensive factory in Sutton Road, Coxside. He worked hard and learned the business, gaining responsibility and authority. In due course he became a partner in the business, when it became Messrs Burnard, Lack & Alger Ltd. Following the sudden death of Mr John Williams Lack in 1872 at the young age of 51 years, the business became Messrs Burnard and Alger Ltd."
From The Devon Karst Research Society, THE CATTEDOWN BONE CAVES,Cattedown, Plymouth, Devon, England, U.K. "Burnard, Lack and Alger Ltd. was originally located in Sutton Road, Plymouth and moved to Cattedown in the lifetime of Mr Charles Frederick Burnard [1816-1905]. The waterside premises then acquired were later developed by the late Mr. W H Alger and Robert Burnard for important deep-water wharves, with spacious warehouses and modern equipment. Eventually, the style of the firm was changed to Burnard and Alger Ltd., of which, at the time of his death, Robert Burnard was the senior partner."
