Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Glasshouse Hall Coffee House
This trade token, worth a penny, was issued at a coffee house, in Glasshouse Hall, Goodman's Yard, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 1155; Obv inscription: FROM.GLASHOVSE.HALL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A Turk's head (in field); Rev inscription: GOD.PRESERVE.THE.NAVIGATION (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A ship in full sail (in field).
The inscription, 'God preserve the navigation', probably refers to the wish for a safe journey for the ships carrying coffee and other goods from Turkey, which would be sold in the coffee house, see Bryant Lillywhite, London Coffee Houses (London, 1963), no. 463. See also token number 9290 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. Glasshouse Hall, was on the site of Goodman's Yard, which falls within the Portsoken Ward, in the City of London, and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/532
- Object name:
- The Glasshouse Hall Coffee House
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Glasshouse Hall, Goodman's Yard, Portsoken Ward, City of London & Tower Hamlets, London [City of London] [Tower Hamlets], City of London, Tower Hamlets
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 24 mm, WT 4.19 g
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
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