£520
A Mould for a 17th Century Lead Token. The Rose at Stony Lane, Southwark. ROASE IN STONI LANE : Around a rose. Details: Copper-alloy, Spike on reverse for mounting or a wooden handle. Two holes for aligning other half of mould. Stony Lane was in the parish of St Olave’s in Southwark. The token was not listed by Williamson or Dickinson, but a specimen is illustrated in the most recent catalogue of the Seventeenth Century Tokens of Southwark.(1) The piece is described as “struck in lead”. The runner for pouring the molten metal into the mould confirms the piece to be cast Ref: See BNJ blog: https://britnumsoc.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/330-rose-oddie-blog-001.pdf
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