BSG.BS.00928 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1786

Found in Denmark.

First side:- First line - N.P = unknown initials.* Second line - ICZ12H = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales. Third line - 1786 = date of assessment.

Second side:- First line- AO = initials for Inspection? Second & Third line - Ч.ЕРН = Ch.YeRN ЦОВЬ = TsOV' name of quality control officer, Cherntsov is recorded on a 1777 NP seal Arbroath (Signal Tower) Museum - ADMUS: A 1988.298*. Fourth line - H231 = N231 = 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.

From the finder:- "The [NP] one - AO = Aktsionernoye Obschestvo [joint stock company][and third line on that side] Cherntsov in Cyrillic - year 1786." Interpretation of initials AO unconfirmed.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 33 using his extensive database:- NP / ICZ12H / 1786 // AO = AO / ЧEPHЦOBЬ / CHERNTSOV / H231 *AO = Акционерное Общество = Joint Stock Company