Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1649
The Rose Tavern
This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued at the Rose tavern on Fleet Bridge.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 1045; Obv inscription: AT.THE.ROSE.TAVERN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A rose (in field); Rev insription: AT. FLEETE. BRIDG. 1649 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = W.D.B. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
The issuer was William Bellamy, a vintner, see Kenneth Rogers, 'On some issuers of seventeenth-century London tokens whose names were not known to Boyne and WIlliamson', NC, 5th series 8 (1928), p. 76. See also token number 6940 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 59, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VII - City of London. Fleet Bridge ran between Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, over the River Fleet, in the ward of Farringdon Without, in the City of London.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- N2063
- Object name:
- The Rose Tavern
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Bellamy, William
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- Related places:
Fleet Bridge, ward of Farringdon Without, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1649
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 16 mm, WT 1.07 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Long-term loan
Thomas Layton Trust
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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