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Examples of watermarks present in the Wageningen sheets:
French lily with initial WR: paper originating from the paper mill of Wendelin Riehel (Bastle, France). Period unknown, although before 1738.
French lily with initial LVG: paper originating from the paper mill of Lubertus van Gerrevink (Egmond a/d Hoef, the Netherlands).
Originating from one of the mills of Jean Villadary, in Angoumois, Vraichamp, Beauvais or La Couronne. Until 1758 he worked in France, afterwards he owned a paper mill in Hattum, Gelderland. The initial VI (or IV) can be found over a period of 150 years. The Clifford Herbarium paper is probably from the French period. In a later period, 1736-1812, the initials of I. Villedary and LVG are often found together, this is not the case with the watermarks in the Clifford collection.
Initial MCMD: paper originating from the paper mill of C. Meyerink (the Netherlands), active since 1695. The third photo is originates from a collection in the Natural History Museum, London.
Here also some other watermarks present in the herbarium collections in the Natural History Museum, London.
French lily with initial IH, originating from one of the paper mills of I. Honig, Zaanstreek, the Netherlands.
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French lily with bell shape. Origine unknown. | |
Watermark 'Garden of Holland' or "Maiden of Dordt".
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