Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, George Osmand

Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, George Osmand, Image by Mike Patrick, Held by Topsham Museum.
Purchased from the Netherlands, 23mm.

21½ // Two mermaids, the one on the left not holding her tail. GO below

A cloth seal of George Osmond who traded in serge from Tiverton from 1732 until his death in 1744.

Evans Type 2.8.6.* This seal is also recorded as No.38 Fig.4 p.400, Maunder, P., Tiverton Cloth: The Story of the Town's Woollen Trade 1475 - 1815. It is now held in Topsham Museum - Object Number 10704(3).

*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.

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