BSG.BS.00925 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1785

Found at Babworth , nr Retford, Nottinghamshire.

First side:- First line - N(P?) = unknown initials.* Second line - IM12K = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales. Third line - 1785 = date of assessment.

Second side:- First line- ДТ = DT = initials for Inspection? Second & Third line - ПРИМЯ = PRIMya КИНЬ = KIN' = Primyakin, name of quality control officer. Another N.P. seal with this name on dated 1777 can be found in the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston. Fourth line - unreadable = number of work station used by QA officer.

See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.

Russian Flax quality control seal.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 31 using his extensive database:- NP / IM12K / 1785 // ДT = DT / ПPИMЯKNHЬ = PRIMYAKIN / H336