BSG.BS.00873

BSG.BS.00873 — Russian Bale Seal, Archangel, 1837

Russian Bale Seal, Archangel, 1837, Image by StuE, Found by Swarfy.

Found in North Yorkshire.

Russian flax bale seal. This one is from the port of Archangel.

First side:- First line - АП = AP = Archangel Port Second line - (А)ЕСЯЦ(К) = desyatnik = quality control officer Third line - ФВ = FV = initials of quality control officer

Second side:- First line - missing but normally the same as the first side АП = AP = Archangel Port Second line - ЛНЯ.БРАК = lynyan brak = Flax Bracking Third line - 2 A.P.PY = the producer's initials, A.P. = A.R. straddled by the quality indicators 2PY = 2nd quality (PY = RU = ruka = hand or quality) Fourth line - 1837 = date of grading.

See Figs.43a & b, p.58 Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.

From Ged Dodd, "Obverse:- АП / ДECЯЦК / ФБ Archangel Port Inspector F.B. Reverse:- APX. ПОР / ЛНЯ.БРАК / 2 A.P . РУ / 1857 Archangel Port bracked (inspected) as flax of 2nd Grade supplied by Grower/Owner/Agent with initials AP in 1857. PУ is PУKA (RUKA) grade, class, mostly seen as just a P. 2 PУКИ (2 RUKI) is 2nd grade or 9 heads in the bale. see IDS 1167 on The PeaceHavens Project, Seal Numbers 1101 - 1200."