Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, СПБ, 1832, Image & Found by James Crombie.
Found on the outskirts of Pitlever near Dunfermline in Fifeshire.
A Russian flax bale quality control seal.
First side:-
First line - СПБ = SPB = St. Petersburg
Second line - НоП.2 = Indicates the quality and type of goods but uncertain what initials stood for.*
Third line - А.И.Г. = A.I.G. = these initials are thought to belong to the owner or exporter or their agent.
Fourth line - 1832 = Date of grading
Second side:-
First line:- ЛД = LD = Flax Inspection (L'nyannoy Dosmotr)
Second & Third lines:- ВЬICT? / КИНОН?? = V'IST? / KINON?? - (initials & surname of Quality Control Officer)
Fourth line:- H28 = N28 = the number of the post the QA Officer worked at.*
See Figs.14a & b on page 54, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.
Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 29 using his extensive database:-
CПБ / HoП.2 / A.И.Г / 1832 // ЛД = LD / ?.BЬICTOKИHOKИH = ?.VYSTOKINOKIN / H28
