French, Flour Bag Seal, Larran & Saint Jean
French, Flour Bag Seal, Larran & Saint Jean, Image by Karen Ellis-Andrews, Found by Martyn Ellis.
Found on the Thames Foreshore, 23mm.
LARR(AN) / & / SAINT JE(AN) // 0, C(YLI)NDRES around
From Paul cannon, "‘Larran & Saint Jean’. For another seal from the same mill see Euro-Plomb.
From the Euro-Plomb example:-
Obverse: inside a circle, circular inscription ". LARRAN . SAINT-JEAN" around "&" in the center.
Reverse: inside a circle, circular inscription "CYLINDRES barre decorative" around "000" in the center.
Mill seal lead for "000" quality flour from the Larran & Saint-Jean roller mill. The mill was located in Cauneilles-les-Peyrehorade in the Landes. Lead from the end of the 19th or the beginning of the 20th century.
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