Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Death's Head
Edward Coddington issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business in Chancery Lane, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 496; Obv inscription: EDWARD.CODDINGTON (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A death's head (in field); Rev inscription: IN.CHANCEREY.LANE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device= E.M.C. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
The depiction of a death's head (skull) was a symbol commonly used by Apothecaries. 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. 292. Chancery Lane lies within the London boroughs of Camden, City of Westminster and City of London, in the ward of Farringdon Without, having formerly lain across, Holborn and Westminster in Middlesex, and the ward of Farringdon Without, in the City of London.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/292
- Object name:
- The Death's Head
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Coddington, Edward
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Chancery Lane, Camden, City of Westminster, ward of Farringdon Without, City of London, London [Camden] [City of Westminster] [City of London], Camden, City of London, City of Westminster
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 16 mm, WT 1.06 g
- Part of:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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