Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1786

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1786, Image by StuE, Found by The Hog.
Found in Wales / West Country, 24mm, 13.4g.

Russian Flax quality control seal. See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 464 using his extensive database:-

NP / ?H12K / 1786 // ДC = DS / ЧEЛПAHOBЬ = CHELPANOV / H335