Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Ball and Three Skittles
Elizabeth Row issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for her business situated at the upper end of Bedfordbury, Westminster, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 154; Obv inscription: ELIZ.ROW.VPER EN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A ball and 3 skittles (in field); Rev inscription: OF.BEDFORDBERY (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = E.R (triad of intials in Roman capitals, in field).
See also J. H. Burn, A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-house Tokens current in the Seventeenth Century, presented to the Corporation Library by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, 2nd ed. (London, 1855), no. 137. Bedfordbury lies to the west of Covent Garden, in the City of Westminster, having formerly been part of the parish of St Martin, in Westminster, Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/137
- Object name:
- The Ball and Three Skittles
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Roper, Elizabeth
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Bedfordbury, Westminster, London [City of Westminster], City of Westminster
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 15 mm, WT 1.97 g
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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