Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, Thomas Carswell
Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, Thomas Carswell, Image & Found by Peter Eggers.
Found in De Rijp, Netherlands, 23.5mm.
22 // crowned heart T C to sides
Peter Maunder has identified the initials as Tiverton merchant Thomas Carswell, trading from 1690-1699.
The rivet seal shows signs of double stamping with the border design around the 22 appearing again in two or more places at the edge. The topmost one, near the joining strip, also shows the tail end of the last 2. Evans Type 4.4.1.*. This seal is also recorded as No.17 Fig.2 p.396, Maunder, P., Tiverton Cloth: The Story of the Town's Woollen Trade 1475 - 1815.