BSG.CS.01860 — Cloth Seal, Clothier's Seal, Tiverton, George Lewis

Found near Venlo, Netherlands, 22mm.

22, GEORGE * LEWIS *** around // Foote privy mark G O below foot, SAML.BURRIDGE TIVERTON* around

Originally recorded by Jan van Oostveen.

A seal from the Tiverton clothier George Lewis (trading 1748 to 1776), Evans Type 3.3.1. Example of this type of seal recorded as Nos.50 Fig.5 p.402, Maunder, P., Tiverton Cloth: The Story of the Town's Woollen Trade 1475 - 1815. A helpful classification system for these seals, devised by Jane Evans, can be found as an appendix to this book.

The fullest collection of Tiverton cloth seals (about thirty) is on permanent display in Tiverton Museum.