Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Hemp, SPB, 1833, Image by StuE, Found by Tattooed Detectorist.
These seals are Russian flax bale quality control seal.
See Lead Seals of Russian Origin in Fife – John Sullivan, p.211,Tayside & Fife Archaeological Journal, Volume Six 2000.
Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 28 using his extensive database:-
SPB / H._2. / I. H. / 1833 // ПД = PD / И.M.BAУЛИHЪ = I.M.VAULIN / H21
Another St Petersburg seal from the 1800s (KINCM:2000.102.20) is recorded at Kingston upon Hull Museum and Art Gallery*. *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan
