Post-Medieval — 1664
The Drapers' Arms
James Knowles issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in Richmond, Surrey.
Boyne & Williamson (1891) reference Surrey number 230; Obv inscription: IAMES.KNOWLES (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Drapers' arms (in field); Rev inscription: IN.RICHMOND.1664 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALF / PENY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field).
The arms of the Worshipful Company of Drapers are: Azure three clouds with sunbeams issuing proper crowned with imperial crowns (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). Richmond formerly lay within Surrey, it now forms part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- N2257
- Object name:
- The Drapers' Arms
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Knowles, James
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- Production date:
- 1664
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 18 mm, WT 1.64 g
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Long-term loan
Thomas Layton Trust
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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