Post-Medieval — 1658
The Leg
Ann Curtis issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for her business in Wapping, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3293; Obv inscription: ANN.CVRTIS.1658 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A stocking (in field) Rev inscription: IN.WAPING (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A.C (initials in field, in Roman capitals).
See also, NN19493 and 96.66/1252, in the museum collection, and token number 8508 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. Wapping lies in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, having formerly been part of Stepney, Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN19494
- Object name:
- The Leg
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Curtis, Ann
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Wapping, Tower Hamlets, London [Tower Hamlets], Tower Hamlets
- Production date:
- 1658
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 15 mm, WT 0.80 g
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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