Seed Merchants, Carters Bag Seal, London

Seed Merchants, Carters Bag Seal, London, Image & Found by Gary Huston.
Found in Hertfordshire, 22mm.

Carters in joined script straight across the centre, circular border of fused pellets // LONDON and a quadrefoil inscription, fused pellet border.

The script style of Carters looks very much like that registered as the trademark for Carters Tested Seeds (The Best & Cheapest) 1879.

James Carter, Dunnet and Beale of 237-238 High Holborn, London

* 1804(?) Company was established.

* 1879 Company first registered a trademark for Trocadero - Carters Grass Seeds, the company's agricultural and horticultural seeds.

* 1910 The company moved from High Holborn to Raynes Park, South West London.

* 1930 The company became a limited company as Carters Tested Seeds Ltd.

* 2008 The company, along with Suttons is now part of Vilmorin, an international company, and one of the largest packet seed distributors in the world.

Source of Information:- Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5.

Catalogues and papers from 1837 - 1959 relating to this company are held at Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre.

A company book is also available:- Title: The Blue Book of Gardening, Publisher: Carter's Seeds, London, Publication Date: 1934.