Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Mercers' Arms
Ann White issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for her business on the Upper Ground, Southwark.
Boyne & Williamson (1891) reference Southwark number 493; Obv inscription: ANN.WHITE.IN.THE.VPER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Mercers' arms A.W (initials on either side of sign, in field); Rev inscription: GROVND.IN.SOVTHWARK (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HER / HALF / PENY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field).
The arms of the Worshipful Company of Mercers are: Gules issuant from a bank of clouds a figure of the Virgin couped at the shoulders proper vested in a crimson robe adorned with gold, the neck encircled by a jewelled necklace, crined Or and wreathed about the temples with a chaplet of roses alternately Argent and of the first, and crowned with a celestial crown, the whole within a bordure of clouds also proper (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).
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/1233
- Object name:
- The Mercers' Arms
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- White, Ann
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- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 19 mm, WT 1.72 g (overall)
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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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