Hungarian, Flour Bag Seal, VÁCZI HENGERMALOM, 0
Hungarian, Flour Bag Seal, 0, VÁCZI HENGERMALOM, Image & Found by Jif.
Found near Crieff in Perthshire, size 19mm x 15mm x 4mm.
Possibly an HE-? before the GERMALOM and above it VAG?
From Paul Cannon, "I believe that both seals (this one and Ear of Corn Triangle Bag Seal, Image & Found by Lancastrian) relate to the same mill.
Both inscriptions are in the Hungarian language and I believe can be reconstructed as VÁCZI HENGERMALOM ie Vácz roller mill. Vác is a town in Hungary 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Budapest on the eastern bank of the Danube. The archaic spelling of the name is Vácz which is used on the seals. It is briefly mentioned in Irta Haraszthy Lajos’ article “Ipar, Kereskedelem, Hitelűgy es Forgalom” which states that the company, as Váczi hengermalom r. t. [where r.t. stands for Részvény Társaság, equivalent to Aktien Gesellschaft in German, ie Joint Stock Company] was founded in 1891 by Laszlo Rudnyánszky and others. The power came from 300 horse power steam engines and 75 workers were employed. Wheat and rye flours were produced in a mill covering over 12,000 square meters. Most of the products were exported to Austria, Bohemia and Moravia. The two seals found in Britain show that some of its flours also reached this country."
See UKDFD Ref. No. - 21081
"A lead bag seal of a Hungarian flour milling company, located in Hengermalom, Budapest. One side has the inscription, VA[R??] HE[N]GERMALOM. The other side appears to have a large oval 'O', but it is possibly reinforcement around the rivet aperture.
In the second half of the 19th century the flour milling industry was the most important sector in the Hungarian economy. Hungarian milling products, owing to their excellent quality, had a good market position in Europe and all over the world. The biggest steam-driven flour mills were built in Budapest, the Pesti Hengermalom Társaság, established in 1838, being the first one." UK Detector Finds Database
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