Seed Merchants, Carters, MAYENCE Seal
Seed Merchants, Carters, MAYENCE Seal, Image & Found by Goldenballsdetecting.
Found in England.
See BSG.BS.01119 for a seal with a similar side showing MAYENCE but a reverse with Carters script trademark. This one shows LONDON on the reverse, Mayence might indicate the period after the takeover by Vilmorin.
James Carter, Dunnet and Beale of 237-238 High Holborn, London
* 1804(?) Company was established.
* 1879 Company first registered a trademark for Trocadero - Carters Grass Seeds, the company's agricultural and horticultural seeds.
* 1910 The company moved from High Holborn to Raynes Park, South West London.
* 1930 The company became a limited company as Carters Tested Seeds Ltd.
* 2008 The company, along with Suttons is now part of Vilmorin, an international company, and one of the largest packet seed distributors in the world.
Source of Information:- Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5.
Catalogues and papers from 1837 - 1959 relating to this company are held at Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre.
A company book is also available:- Title: The Blue Book of Gardening, Publisher: Carter's Seeds, London, Publication Date: 1934.
James Carter, Dunnet and Beale of 237-238 High Holborn, London
* 1804(?) Company was established.
* 1879 Company first registered a trademark for Trocadero - Carters Grass Seeds, the company's agricultural and horticultural seeds.
* 1910 The company moved from High Holborn to Raynes Park, South West London.
* 1930 The company became a limited company as Carters Tested Seeds Ltd.
* 2008 The company, along with Suttons is now part of Vilmorin, an international company, and one of the largest packet seed distributors in the world.
Source of Information:- Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5.
Catalogues and papers from 1837 - 1959 relating to this company are held at Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre.
A company book is also available:- Title: The Blue Book of Gardening, Publisher: Carter's Seeds, London, Publication Date: 1934.
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