Carters of London Seal, Image & Found by Jorvik Andi.
Found in North Yorkshire.
Dotted circle on both sides, Carters straight across the middle in joined script on one side and LONDON around the top of the inside of the circle on other side. See other Carters seal.
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.
