English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman CoinsJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman Coins
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Coins, British; Numismatics -- Great Britain; Tokens -- Great Britain
CUTLERS.--Three pairs of swords in saltire, two pairs in chief and one
in base. Frequently two swords in saltire is used as the trade device
on tokens. DISTILLERS.--A fesse wavy between, in chief, the sun in
his splendour encircled with a cloud distilling drops of rain, and, in
base, a distillatory [still] double armed, on a fire, with two worms
and bolt receivers. Other simpler devices used on tokens are the sun in
splendour; a still; or an Indian holding a bow and arrow (being one of
the supporters of the company’s arms).
DRAPERS.--Three triple crowns each issuing out of a cloud shedding rays
of the sun. Frequently only one triple crown is used on tokens.
[Illustration]
DYERS.--A chevron between three madder bags, corded.
FARRIERS.--Three horseshoes pierced. A single horseshoe was, however,
sometimes used on tokens.
[Illustration]
FELTMAKERS.--A dexter hand couped at the wrist between two hatbands,
nowed, in chief a hat, banded; or, a hat; or, a hand holding a hat and
feather, were adopted.
FISHMONGERS.--Three dolphins naiant, in pale, finned and ducally
crowned, between two pairs of lucies in saltire (the sinister
surmounting the dexter), over the nose of each lucy a ducal crown; on a
chief three pairs of keys, endorsed, in saltire. FLETCHERS.--A chevron
between three arrows, headed and feathered.
FOUNDERS.--A laver pot (or vase) between two prickets (or
taper-candlesticks).
FRAMEWORK KNITTERS.--On a chevron between, in chief, two combs and
as many leads of needles, and, in base, an iron jack springer, a
main-spring between two small springs.
FRUITERERS.--On a mount, a representation of the Tree of Life (Tree of
Paradise) environed with a serpent; on the dexter side thereof a male
figure, on the sinister a female (representing Adam and Eve); at the
bottom of the tree a rabbit.
GIRDLERS.--Party per fesse, _azure_ and _or_, a pale counterchanged,
the first charged with three gridirons, the handles in chief, of the
second.
GLAZIERS.--Two grozing irons in saltire between four closing nails; on
a chief a lion passant-guardant.
GLOVERS.--Party per fesse, counterchanged, on each part of the first,
two and one, a ram salient, armed, and unguled. The same arms,
quartering two goats, statant, affront[=e]e and attired, in fesse, were
granted to the Leathersellers’ Company as an impalement in 1505.
GOLDSMITHS.--Quarterly, first and fourth a leopard’s face, second and
third a covered cup; and in chief two buckles, their tongues fessewise,
pointed to the dexter.
GOLD AND SILVER WIRE DRAWERS.--On a chevron between, in chief, two
coppers, and, in base, two points in saltire, a drawing iron between
two rings.
[Illustration]
GROCERS.--A chevron between nine cloves, three, three and three.
Sometimes seven (three, three, and one) are used. Not unfrequently on
tokens three cloves are used as a grocer’s trade device, as are also
one, two, or three sugar-loaves.
[Illustration]
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