Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Bull and Mouth
Andrew Pashley issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his establishment, the Bull and Mouth tavern in Bloomsbury, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 360; Obv inscription: ANDREW. PASHLEY. AT. YE. BVLL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A bull and a wide open mouth above (in field); Rev inscription: AND. MOVTH. IN. BLOOMSBVRY (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALFE / PENNY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field).
See also token number 8001 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 62, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VIII - Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces, and 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. 214. Bloomsbury lies in the London Borough of Camden, having formerly been part of Holborn, Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/214
- Object name:
- The Bull and Mouth
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- Artist/Maker:
- Pashley, Andrew
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- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 20 mm, WT 1.38 g
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
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