Flour Bag Seal, Hosken & Son, Hayle, Image by Bernie Millington, Found by Julie Millington.
Found in West Cornwall, 24mm, 5g.
HOSKEN & SON curving down / HAYLE. straight // HOSKEN & SON curving down / HAYLE. straight
Another example of this seal is recorded on PAS - CORN-912B61, "W. Hosken & Son was started by William Hosken of Carwin Farm, Phillack in 1852 when he commenced milling at Loggans, a mill still standing, bearing the date 1852 on its south gable. It became the largest milling firm in Hayle and in 1890 joined with Richard Trevithick, grandson of the famous innovator and a Truro based miller, J.S.Polkinghorne to form the partnership 'Hosken, Trevithick and Polkinghorne', the initials of which 'HTP' were to become a household word for flour throughout the west of Britain. HTP became one of the largest milling, grocery and shipping businesses west of Bristol in the early 20th century."
See also BSG.BS.01627 for the seal of a future partner in the flour trade.
