Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Fishmongers' Arms
This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Fishermongers' Arms, on Wapping Wall, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3274; Obv inscription: AT.THE.FISHMONGERS (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Fishmongers' arms (in field); Rev inscription: ARMES.ON.WAPING.WALL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = I.D.B. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
The arms of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers are: Azure three dolphins naiant embowed in pale argent, finned, toothed and crowned or, between two pairs of stockfishes in saltire argent, over the mouth of each fish a crown; on a chief gules three pairs of keys of St. Peter 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). Wapping Wall runs north-east of Garnet Street, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, it was previously part of Stepney, Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN19482
- Object name:
- The Fishmongers' Arms
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- I.B.
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- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 15 mm, WT 0.99 g
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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