Cloth Seal, Dutch, Verbrugge & Hogendorp, Rotterdam, Image & Found by Adriaan Wagemakers.
Found in Bommelerwaard, Netherlands, 28mm.
Foote privy mark G O to sides, VERBRUGGE & HOGENDORP curved down ROTTERDAM curved up around // missing but 22 stamped on rivet stub
This appears to be based on the Tiverton clothier's seals, many of which incorporate the Samuel Foote privy mark, the GO initials originally from George Osmond, and 22 that represents a particular quality of serge.
Jan van Oostveen has put an earliest date on this seal of 1811 as that was when this company was active in Rotterdam.
Mike Patrick located a letter of 1815 from Thomas Fox to Verbrugge & Hogendorp but translation by Jan van Oostveen and Peter Maunder show this to be just a request for business.
From Peter Maunder, "I had a look at the letterbook where Mike found the letter from Thomas Fox to Verbrugge & Hogendorp. That book goes up to 1818 and there are no more letters to them - just this single one. It therefore seems that no business was done between them. It is therefore possible that Verbrugge & Hogendorp got their serge from a Tiverton manufacturer who was trying to restart the serge trade to Holland after the end of the war. We know that James Pulling of Tiverton visited Holland at this time looking for orders. Uniquely, John Ware's known seals have the foot facing to the left - it may have been one of his." - See BSG.CS.01713.