Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1750, Image by StuE, Found by The Hog.
Found in Wales / West Country, 24mm, 18.3g.
Russian Flax quality control seal. This seems to belong to the group from 1740s-1760 shown in Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan, section 2a and 2b in the type table, p.16, and discussed in section 5.2, p.19.
Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 463 using his extensive database:-
NP / S.2 / 1750 // N=o : 6
(S.2 = S is SELECT a soft silk like flax : 2nd of 3 grades)
