BSG.CS.01753 — Cloth Seal, Dutch, Hoorn, 1629

Found in Wognum area, Netherlands, 19mm, 6.6g.

* / (E).1.G. 1629 // rearing unicorn with shield bearing a horn between front legs

A fishing net seal from 1629 bearing the arms of Hoorn.

See also BSG.CS.01654.

From the finder, "It's a fishingnet seal not a clothseal... These were used for measurement and quality control..." See BSG.CS.01422 for a seal from De Rijp which was also used for sealing fishing nets rather than cloth.

Allex Kussendrager has provided these links to more seals - Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Haringnet- & Touwloden. The last link includes a link to Keurloden voor haringnetten: Overblijfselen van de haringvaart uit Enkhuizer bodem by Christiaan Schrickx.