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| Keywords: SouthSeaCompany TradeLabel.png en A trading label of the South Sea Company showing the Company's armorials with Latin motto In Te Domine Speravi In thee O Lord do I put my trust Psalm 70/71 verse 1 King James rendering Text Sarga Finissima de Inglatierra de la Nueva Fabrica The finest serge fabric of England of the the new fabric/making and Rio de Londres River of London The letters below S S E C circumscribing a seal are given differently as S S F G on the lid of a surviving mother-of-pearl gaming box together the Company's arms which was ordered from Canton probably circa 1725 by some of the directors of the South Sea Company Neal Bill Chinese mother-of-pearl gaming countershttp //www chezbill com/index php section articles id 45 The box contains several gaming counters similarly marked one in the shape of oriental dragon's mouths They may therefore stand for South Sea and Fishery Company the official name of the Company being The Governor and Company of the Merchants of Great Britain Trading to the South Seas and other parts of America and for the Encouragement of Fishing See also image of Cloth Seal Company 1711 - 1853 South Seas Fisheries Company found at Terminal Port Portobelo Panama 37mm X 53mm published at basseals orghttp //www bagseals org/gallery/main php g2_itemId 3246 Catalogue entry Wheel-like radiating motif with + in centre and crown S S F C around in the outer ring See Geoff Egan M 12 Fig 48 'Lead cloth seals and related items in the B M ' B M occ papers 93 The London finds are presumably accidental losses from cloths being dyed at the side of the Thames for the Company prior to export Other seals for this Company have been found in Texas and Tierra del Fuego See also figure 2 11 Egan G 1991 Industry and Economics on the Medieval and later London Waterfront In G L Good et al eds Waterfront Archaeology Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Waterfront Archaeology held at Bristol 23-26 September 1988 Council for British Archaeology Research Report 74 9-18 Source of image Green John Richard A Short History of the English People Volume IV Macmillan and Co London New York 1894 http //www heritage-images com/Preview/PreviewPage aspx id 1627117 pricing true licenseType RM author 18th century Company incorporated 1711 South Sea Company South Sea Company arms PD-old-100 | ||||
