Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, Henry Blagdon

Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, Henry Blagdon, Image by Mike Patrick, Held by Topsham Museum.
Purchased in the Netherlands, 25mm.

22 // Clover, HENRY BL(A)GDON around

A seal of Henry Blagdon, a serge clothier trading from Tiverton from 1707 until his death in 1716.

Evans Type 2.2.1.* This seal is also recorded as No.26 Fig.3 p.398, Maunder, P., Tiverton Cloth: The Story of the Town's Woollen Trade 1475 - 1815. It is now held in Topsham Museum - Object Number 10704(1).

*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.