Date: 12/13/2011 Views: 2384928
Cloth Seal, Dutch, Hoorn, 1629, Image & Found by Michel Faber. Found in Wognum area, Netherlands, 19mm, 6.6g. * / (E).1.G. 1629 // rearing unicorn with shield bearing a horn between front legs A fishing net seal from 1629 bearing the arms of Hoorn. See also BSG.CS.01654. From the finder, "It's a fishingnet seal not a clothseal... These were used for measurement and quality control..." See BSG.CS.01422 for a seal from De Rijp which was also used for sealing fishing nets rather than cloth. Allex Kussendrager has provided these links to more seals - Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Haringnet- & Touwloden. The last link includes a link to Keurloden voor haringnetten: Overblijfselen van de haringvaart uit Enkhuizer bodem by Christiaan Schrickx.
