Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, George Osmond (Henry Blagdon)

Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, George Osmond (Henry Blagdon), Image & Held by Michel Royer.
Purchased from the Netherlands, 24mm.

2.2 // clover leaf G O to sides, HENRY.BLAGDON around

A George Osmond (trading from 1732 to 1744) Tiverton serge seal using Henry Blagdon's clover stamp.
See Evans Type 2.8.4.* This seal is also recorded as No.36 Fig.4 p.400, Maunder, P., Tiverton Cloth: The Story of the Town's Woollen Trade 1475 - 1815.

*A helpful classification system for these seals, devised by Jane Evans, can be found as an appendix to Peter Maunder’s comprehensive history of the Tiverton cloth trade.

For this and other Tiverton seals see Michel Royer's Euro-Plombs.

The fullest collection of Tiverton cloth seals (about thirty) is on permanent display in Tiverton Museum.