Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1806, Image & Found by Len Williams (Fingers).
Found in North West Lancashire, 22 x 19mm.
Russian Flax quality control seal.
First side:-
First line- ЛД = LD = l'nyanoy dosmotr = Flax Inspection.
Second & Third line - С.КЛА = S.KLA / ДУХИ[H] = DUKhI[N] name of quality control officer, S. Kladukhin, also recorded on 1804 seal LCM:90.36/10, see App.7.3* and another NP seal on this gallery from 1801.
Fourth line - H42 = N42 = number of work station used by QA officer.
Second side:-
First line - NP = unknown initials.*
Second line - CGF12 = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales.
Third line - 1806 = date of assessment.
See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.
Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 54 using his extensive database:-
ЛД = LD / C.KЛAДУXИH = S.KLADUKHIN / H42 // NP / CGF12K / 1806
