BSG.CS.01563 — Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Halifax, W.H. Rawson

Found USA?, ?mm.

HALIFAX, W.H.RAWSON curving down MILLHOUSE curving up around // 27 1/2

A cloth seal with a remaining sample of the cloth (original length recorded as 27 1/2 yards).

From Mike Patrick, "W.H. Rawson gave evidence to a Commons Select Committee in 1821 on 'the Stamping of Woollen cloth'" Another example of this seal for 75 yards is held in Calderdale Museum as item 1961.564/1, see BSG.CS.01571.

* This seal was posted by Digger27 on the Friendly Detecting Forum 01-28-2017, 07:44 AM.