Not a Cloth or Bag Seal, Sandeman Seal, Image & Found by Jaroslaw Stypula.
Found near Nanagh, Ireland, 43x29mm.
Sandeman Arms & motto (partial), ...I...G.SAND... around (..ODUCE in outer ring?) // distorted
This does not appear to be a cloth seal. It is thought to be connected to the port and/or whisky trade and maybe used to seal a barrel in some way.
From Philippe Lanez, "I would suggest SANDEMAN, Perth, Scotland. Sandeman family motto is STA VERITAS ... After SCO (undoubtedly for Scotland), the initial letter of the first name seems to be "G". That would lead to George Sandeman, port Sandeman founder. Then the drawing of a tree takes a closer sense of the coat of arms of Albert George."
From George G Sandeman Sons & Co (ScotchWhisky.com), "Sandeman’s dates back to 1790, when it was established by a youthful George Sandeman, who hailed from the city of Perth. He set himself up as a wine merchant in London and began to trade in Port and Sherry wines, making his fortune within a mere seven years. Today, the company is in the hands of the seventh generation of the Sandeman family.
The firm has used its distinctive mysterious silhouette of a caped figure in a flat-brimmed Spanish hat since 1928, and it has appeared not only on all of Sandeman’s wine bottles since, but also figured on its blended Scotch whisky brands during the 1970s. These included NAS and 8-year-old variants, while earlier bottlings of Sandeman blended whisky used the strapline ‘The King of Whiskies.’"
