Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Wheatsheaf ?
I. Hutton and G. Jerard issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for their businesses in East Smithfield, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 929; Obv inscription: I.HVTTON.G.IERARD (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A half moon and a stick of candles (in field); Rev inscription: IN.EASTSMITHFIELD (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A wheatsheaf (in field).
Jerard seems to have been a baker, Hutton a chandler, working out of a premises at the sign of a half-moon, 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. ....See also token number 8189 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. East Smithfield, lies in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, having formerly been part of, Stepney, Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/431
- Object name:
- The Wheatsheaf ?
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Hutton, J., Jerard, G.
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- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 16 mm, WT 0.88 g
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
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