Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Mercers' Arms
Robert Marshall issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business in Bread Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 402; Obv inscription: ROB.MARSHALL.AT (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Mercers' arms (in field); Rev inscription: BRED.STREET.HILL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.M.M. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
The arms of the Worshipful Company of Mercers are: Gules issuant from a bank of clouds a figure of the Virgin couped at the shoulders proper vested in a crimson robe adorned with gold, the neck encircled by a jewelled necklace, crined Or and wreathed about the temples with a chaplet of roses alternately Argent and of the first, and crowned with a celestial crown, the whole within a bordure of clouds also proper (J. Bromley, The Armorial Bearings of the Guilds of London: a record of the heraldry of the surviving companies with historical notes; with...[illustrations] by Heather Child...(London, 1960).
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN16586
- Object name:
- The Mercers' Arms
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Marshall, Robert
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- Related places:
Bread Street, Bread Street Ward, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 15 mm, WT 0.55 g
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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