Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1669
The Coffee Cup
William Shears issued this trade token, worth a penny, for his business, a coffee house, in Tower Street (now Great Tower Street), Tower Ward, City of London.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3222; Obv inscription: WILLIAM.SHEARS.IN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A hand holding a cup, below a table with two cups (in field); Rev inscription: TOWER.STREET.1669 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A / COFFEE / PENNY (in 3 lines of Roman capitals, in field).
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN19436
- Object name:
- The Coffee Cup
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Shears, William
- Related people:
- Related events:
- Related places:
Tower Street (Great Tower Steet), Tower Ward, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1669
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 23 mm, WT 1.83 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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