Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1653
The Crossed Shovels
This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Cross Shuffles, in Bow Street, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 392; Obv inscription: THE.CROS.SHVFLES (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Two shovels crossed (in field); Rev inscription: IN.BOW.STREETE.1653 (around field, in Roman capitals) Devcie = H.B.S. (triad of initials 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. 222. Bow Street lies in the City of Westminster, having formerly been part of Westminter, Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/222
- Object name:
- The Crossed Shovels
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- H.S.
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Bow Street, Westminster, London [City of Westminster], City of Westminster
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1653
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 15 mm, WT 0.92 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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