BSG.BS.00943

BSG.BS.00943 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1795

Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1795, Image & Found by Darren Cummins.

Found in Northamptonshire, ?mm.

Russian Flax quality control seal.

First side:- First line- ЛД = LD = l'nyanoy dosmotr = Flax Inspection. Second & Third line - Г:НИК = G:NIK / ИФОРО = IFORO name of quality control officer - G. Nikiforov, a seal with this name dated in the 1790's is in the Cupar, Fife Museum, designated as CUPMS: 1999.54.39 in Sullivan's book*. Fourth line - H71 = N71 = number of work station used by QA officer.

Second side:- First line - NP = unknown initials.* Second line - ?Б12(Р?) = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales. Third line - 1795 = date of assessment.

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

Information from Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 283:- ЛД = LD / Г.HИKИФOPOB = G.NIKIFOROV / H71 // NP / IБ12K / 1795