Prussian Customs Seal, Breslau Seal, Frederick Wilhelm II
Prussian Customs Seal, Breslau Seal*, Frederick Wilhelm II**, Image by Bilox, Found by Jammy Ged.
Found around Wetherby / Knaresbough area, 19.4mm, 8.1g.
Possibly* BRES above LAU on one side and rampant lion on the other ?? Very difficult to say for sure but the pattern of the seal is distinctive and should be matched eventually.
Strong similarities with German, Vilbel Salt Bag Seals.
*From Paul Cannon, "I wonder if the name on this seal is BRES/LAU. Breslau is the German name for Wroclaw, the largest city in present day western Poland. At the time of the seal the city formed part of Prussia. The image on the other face consists of the entwined letters FWR, probably the monogram of Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1797-1840. As Stuart has suggested it has clear similarities to the VIL/BEL seal, also on this site, Vilbel Salt Bag Seal Image and found by Folkert. For a group of other seals of the same general 'Weitenauer' type see Rübezahl. This site suggests that they were in use from about the time of the German Customs Union of 1834 and that they were used for general goods as well as for salt bags."
Prussian goods seals of the so-called Weitenauer Seals are also shown on p.27, Ansorge,J., 2009, Die Ausgrabungen fur das Stralsunder OZEANEUM - Einblicke in den Haf eneiner Hansestadt.
**Monogram identified by Steen Agersø as Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia.
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