BSG.BS.00898 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1761

Found in South Staffordshire, 32mm.

One of a sub group of bale seals all with N 43 on one side surrounded by four florets and dated 1761 on the other side. Above this the inscription seems to vary - N9.AO on this one with the letter K on a row above and evidence of another four florets on this side.

Despite the date this seems to belong to the unprovenenced group from 1740s-1760 shown in Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan,section 2a and 2b in the type table, p.16, and discussed in section 5.2, p.19.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 99 using his extensive database:- WK / AN9Ao / 1761 // N / 43