Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Two Draymen
Richard Gimbart issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business in Cloth Fair.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 680; Obv inscription: RICHARD.GIMBART (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Two men carrying a barrel on a pole (in field); Rev inscription: IN.CLOTH.FAIER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.M.G. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
'Gimbart's, and a few other tokens of what may be termed good work, are by a heart in place of a mint-mark', see 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. 352. Cloth Fair lies in the ward of Farringdon Without, in the City of London.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/352
- Object name:
- The Two Draymen
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Gimbart, Richard
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- Related places:
Cloth Fair, ward of Farringdon Without, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 16 mm, WT 1.33 g
- Part of:
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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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