BSG.BS.00185 — Dudley & Tipton, Cattle Feed Seal

From the Yorks/Lancs border area.

One side has COMMON SENSE in annulus with TRADE MARK in the middle. The other side has Dudley & Tipton followed by MILL in annulus with BEACH in the middle. (with the help of another seal)

From Paul Cannon, "From The British Mail, 1 February 1881, p134, 'Messrs. J.Beach & Co, of the Dudley Tipton Mills, Dudley, Worcestershire. How many of the fat cattle exhibited at this Show had been fattened on J.Beach & Co's farinaceous food we are not prepared to state.' From The London Gazette of 7 February 1893, p 709 The firm which had produced this seal had come to an end because of its debts. Extract '..... and carrying on business under the style or firm of J.Beach & Co, at Dudley and Tipton Mills, Tipton in the county of Stafford, Manufacturer of Cattle Food .....'"