Post-Medieval — 1667
The Peacock
Isaac Blissett issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business at Peacock Alley Gate, in Whitechapel, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3390; Obv inscription: ISAAC. BLISSETT. IN. WH. CHAPEL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A peacock (in field); Rev inscription: AT.PEACOCK.ALLY.GATE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = I.H.B. / 1667 (triad of initials in Roman capitals with date below, in field).
See also token number 8343 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. Peacock Alley, lay in Whitechapel, in Stepney, Middlesex; it is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 11158
- Object name:
- The Peacock
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Blissett, Isaac
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- Production date:
- 1667
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 16 mm, WT 1.24 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
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- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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