The Patten-Maker's Arms

Lawerence Gifford issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business near Strand Bridge, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3022; Obv inscription: LAVRENCE.GIFFORD (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Patten-makers' arms (in field); Rev inscription: NEARE.STRAND.BRIGE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = L.E.G. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

The arms of the Worshipful company of Pattenmakers are: Gules on a chevron argent between three pattens or, tied argent, the ties lines azure, two cutting knives conjoined sable; in the middle chief two knives in saltire (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). See also token number 8989 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. Strand Bridge (now Waterloo Bridge) lies in the City of Westminster, having formerly been part of Westminster, Middlesex.