Phoenix Oil Mill Company Seal, Image & Found by Ian Burton.
Found Cheshire near Tarvin, 17mm.
Phoenix rising / PURE // PHOENIX / LIVERPOOL / COMPANY
One side has a picture of a phoenix rising from a fire with PURE beneath. The other side has PHOENIX curved around the top and COMPANY around the bottom with LIVERPOOL across the centre.
From Paul Cannon, "These seals appear to relate to the Phoenix Oil Mill Company Ltd of 3 Rumford Street, Liverpool. The firm manufactured various animal feed cakes and meals. They imported and dealt in other feeds and fertilisers. See the following for an advert produced by the company in 1896 which incorporates the same Phoenix logo with PURE below Grace's Guide."
Item reference BT 34/480/24737 Company number: 24737; Phoenix Company, Ltd. Incorporated 1887. Wound up 1891 “The assets in Siberia are now worth very little”! No information on product. Source The National Archives, Kew Although the same name this record is not likely to refer to the company who issued this seal.