W&J Clark, Botley Mills Seal, Image & Found by Dig-it-Pete.
Found in East Devon, 18mm.
BOTLEY / MILLS // W & J / CLARK
Probably a flour bag seal but the company also traded in coal, so millers and general merchants.
Botley Mills Country Store, "In 1838 the site was bought by W and J Clarke and the Mills traded under that name until 1921. As well as grinding and trading cereals, the company also traded in coal, importing it in by barges which came up the River Hamble at high tide. Grain was also imported this way until 1914. For a short time between 1830 and 1848 paper was also manufactured on this site."
