Seed Merchants, Carters Bag Seal, London, Image by StuE, Found by Nasher.
Found in Hertfordshire, 22mm, 8.0g.
Carters in joined script straight across the centre, circular border of joined pellets // LONDON and a five petalled flower head inscription, joined pellet border.
The script style of Carters looks very much like that registered as the trademark for Carters Tested Seeds (The Best & Cheapest) 1879.
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.
