Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1785, Image & Found by Longy67.
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
