LONDON 17th CENTURY TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF QUENTIN ARCHER (PART III) 3240
Bishopsgate Street, Tho. Blackborne, Farthings (2), 0.73g/6h (N 6570, this piece; BW. 224), 1.31g/6h (N 6571, this piece; BW. 224); E[dward] D[rayton], Farthings (2), 1.30g/6h (N 6585 rev., different [earlier] obv.; BW. 228), 1.23g/6h (N 6585; BW. 228); Robert Finch, Halfpenny, 1.94g/6h (N –; D 229A); G. Harding, Farthing, 0.51g/6h (N –; BW. 233) [6]. N 6570 and 6585 var. very fine, latter with characteristic obverse die flaw, D 229A fine with earthy patina, very rare, others in varied state
£120-150
Provenance: *N 6570 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 262 (part); N 6571 Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 263 (part) [from Baldwin]; N 6585 DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 301 (part); N 6585 var. G. Berry Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 189 (part) [from N.A. Clark 1983]; D 229A bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; BW. 233 Wallis & Wallis Auction (Lewes), 12 June 2012, lot 55.
Thomas Blackborn (†1665), merchant tailor, married Susan Holmes 1653; Edward Drayton (†1677), innholder, The Ship, aka the Great James, married 1651; G. Harding, baker
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Bishopsgate Street, A[scanius] H[icks], Farthing, 0.91g/6h (N 6584; BW. 232); Hen. Horne, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (N 6573; BW. 237); Rich. Levet, Farthing, 1653, 1.05g/12h (N 6567; BW. 242); I.K.M. AT THE ACORNE, Farthings (2), 0.96g/6h (N 6579; BW. 243), 0.99g/6h (N 6580; BW. 243); I.M.M. AT THE BLEW ANCHOR, Farthing, 0.74g/6h (N –; D 243A) [6]. N 6573, 6579 and 6584 fine and better, others fair, D 243A very rare
£100-150
Provenance: N 6567 bt M.C.S. Rasmussen October 2009; N 6573 Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 495 (part) [from Seaby December 1979]; N 6579 W.H. Pheatt Collection, Spink Auction 208, 22-3 June 2011, lot 824 (part); N 6580 Baldwin Auction, 2 November 2013, lot 301 (part); *N 6584 G. Berry Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 189 (part) [from S.E. Schwer 1979]; D 243A bt G. Clegg March 2011.
Ascanius Hicks, innholder, The Ship, aka the Great James, married Susan Ellis 1637, succeeded by Edward Drayton (see previous lot); Henry Horne, cheesemonger; Richard Levett († by 1665), cordwainer, wife’s name Anne
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Bishopsgate Street, R.S.M., THE SHVGER LOFE, Farthing, 0.90g/6h (N 6587; BW. 244); Edm. Morris, Farthing, 1657, mm. mullet, 0.59g/6h (dies not in N [post-1660 style]; BW. 245); R[ichard] R[obinson], Farthing, 0.95g/6h (N 6583; BW. 249); I.D.S., THE FLOWERPOT, Farthing, 0.73g/6h (N –; D 251A); I.H.S., THE TVN AND 3 ARROS, Farthing, 0.91g/6h (N 6589; BW. 252); Walter Shaller, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.61g/6h (N 6600b, this piece; BW. 253) [6]. D 251A fine, ‘river’ patina, extremely rare, others fair to fine, last with traces of overstriking
£120-150
Provenance: N 6583 A Collection of Tokens and Jettons formed by a Member of the London Mudlarks Club, Spink Auction 199, 25 June 2009, lot 519 (part); N 6587 with Seaby 1967, SNC August 2001 (TT 930), SNC October 2004 (TT 3051); N 6589 Mark Rasmussen FPL 16, Winter 2008 (T 65), bt M.C.S. Rasmussen November 2009; N 6600 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 423 (part), bt M. Trenerry July 2010; BW. 245 G. Berry Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 362 (part), recté dies not in N; *D 251A Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 495 (part) [from Baldwin July 1993].
Edmond Morris, grocer, fl. 1700, married Anne Brown; Richard Robinson, innholder, The Mitre 3243
Bishopsgate Street, Joseph Stevens, Farthing, HIS FARTHING, 3.36g/5h (N –; BW. 255); L.M.T., THE FLOWER POT, Farthing, 0.95g/6h (N 6601; BW. 256); T.A.T., CHANDLER, Farthing, 1658, 0.57g/6h (N –; BW. 257); John Washbourne, Farthing, 1661, 1.45g/9h (N –; BW. 260); Hen. Wellington, Halfpenny, 1.61g/6h (N –; BW. 261) [5]. BW. 257 fine, BW. 260 about fine, others in varied state, BW. 255 pierced, all very rare
£100-150
Provenance: N 6601 bt A. Smith May 2014; BW. 255 bt May 2013; *BW. 257 bt L. Ross November 2011; BW. 260 F. Sedgwick Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 6 (part), with Seaby 1986, bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; BW. 261 bt April 2011.
John Washbourne, salter; Henry Wellington, coffee-house proprietor
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