BSG.BS.00911

BSG.BS.00911 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1790

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1790, Image & Found by Bilox.

Came from around Wetherby / Goldsboro / Knaresbough area.

Russian Flax quality control seal.

First side:- First line - N:P = unknown initials.* Second line - I-P12K = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales. Third line - 17(8?)0 = date of assessment.

Second side:- First line- (Л?)Д = (L?)D = (l'nyanoy?) dosmotr = (Flax?) Inspection. Second & Third line - С.ДЕМ = S.DyeM : Ь?НОB = ?IOV name of quality control officer, closest match is S.Dem'yanov, 1806, CUPMS:1999.56.14, see App.7.3*. Fourth line - ?1? = number of work station used by QA officer.

See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 102 using his extensive database:- ЛД = LD / C.ДEMЬЯHOB / S.DEM'YANOV / H.1. // NP / IP12K / 1790