BSG.BS.00961

BSG.BS.00961 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1806

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1806, Image & Found by Bilox.

Came from around Wetherby / Goldsboro / Knaresbough area.

First side:- First line - NP Second line - Б12K = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales. Third line - 1806 = date of assessment.

Second side:- First line- ЛД = LD = l'nyanoy dosmotr = Flax Inspection. Second & Third line - И.МВИ = I.MVI : ННИКО = NNIKO name of quality control officer. Fourth line - H56 = N56 = 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 53 using his extensive database:- ЛД = LD / И.M.BИHHИKO = I.M.VINNIKOV / H56 // NP / EIW12? / 1809