BSG.BS.00889

BSG.BS.00889 — Russian Bale Seal, Archangel, 1884

Russian Bale Seal, Archangel, Image by Bilox, Found by Jammy Ged.

Found in Wetherby / Knaresbough area, 26.8 x 24.8mm, 21.9g.

An Archangel flax or hemp bale seal - 1870.

First side:- First line - illegible but likely to be a variant of АРХАНГ.ПОР = ARkhANG:POR = Archangel Port Second line - КВОНЪ = KRON = High-quality flax; Crown = contents of the bale Third line - 2 COPTЪ = 2 SORTB = 2nd Grade Fourth line - Е:П = E:P = initials of the owner or producer Fifth line - 1884 = year when grading took place.

Second side :- illegible.

See section 5.2.14, Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan, 2012.

From Ged Dodd, "Obverse :- only ДECЯЦК (inspector) is readable Reverse :- АРХ.БР / КРОНЪ / 2:СОРТЪ / ЕП / 1884 Archangel Bracked (inspected) high quality Krown grade 2nd SORT Flax inspected in 1884 The Grower/Owner/Agent initials are ЕП (EP) See IDS 1178 on The PeaceHavens Project."