BSG.BS.00877

BSG.BS.00877 — Russian Bale Seal, Archangel, 1841

Russian Bale Seal, Archangel, 1841, Image & Found by S6otty.

Found in Scotland.

An Archangel flax or hemp bale seal - 1841.

First side:-

First line - КУД(ЕЛЬ) = kudel' = tow,contents of the bale Second line - 2 COPTЪ = 2 SORTB = 2nd Grade Third line - В:ЛЕД = V:LED = initials of the owner or producer or agent Fifth line - 1841 = year when grading took place.

Second Side:- First line - missing but usually АPX:ПOP = Archangel Port Second line - ДЕСЯ(ТН.) - an abbreviation of Desyatnik = rank of quality control officer. Third & Fourth line - АНДР.. / МАКОB = ANDR.. / MAKOV - the Christian and surname of the quality control officer.

See Figs.47b - 52b, p.59 & 60, Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan, 2012.

From Ged Dodd, "Obverse:- ДЕСЯТ / АНДР.ЧУ / MAKOBЪ Inspector ANDREW CHUMAKOV. Reverse:- APX. БP / KУДEЛЬH / 2.COPmЪ / В.ЛЕD / 1841 Archangel bracked (inspected) as KUDEL'N tow flax of 2nd Grade supplied by Grower/Owner/Agent with initials В.ЛЕD (V.LED) in 1841. (note В.ЛЕD not В.ЛЕД ). There is a special page for initials В.ЛЕD at Russian flax/hemp bale seals See IDS 1168 on The PeaceHavens Project, Seal Numbers 1101 - 1200."