Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, George Dunsford
Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, George Dunsford, Image by Mike Patrick, Held by Topsham Museum.
Purchased in the Netherlands, 25mm.
22 / GO, GEO.DUNSFORD, (TIVERTON) around // missing but rivet stub shows 4 with extended vertical impaling a foot and S_F at base, (SAML.BURRID)GE.TIVER(TON) around
The large amount of Tiverton serge produced was almost entirely exported to the Continent where many cloth seals have been recovered, mostly bearing the distinctive 4 impaled foot privy mark of Samuel Foote.
This seal is held by Topsham Museum - Object Number 10704(5). The fullest collection of Tiverton cloth seals (about thirty) is on permanent display in Tiverton Museum.