Love token - Rebecca Tyson & Humphrey Tyson
Title
Love token - Rebecca Tyson & Humphrey Tyson
Subject
Copper disc
Description
Image of a very thin copper disc rubbed smooth and engraved with image and names. Side one: engraved with two overlapping hearts and the names "Rebecca Tyson" and "Humpy Tyson" in Roman block style lettering. Side two: an anchor and a female, the names "Lau Tyson & Elizabeth Tyson" engraved in Roman block style lettering, with the date "Aug. 1792", all highlighted in white.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Date
Unknown; engraved date 1792
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Maidstone Museum, Kent, England
Format
Copper disc
Identifier
M112
Coverage
Eighteenth/ early nineteenth century
Original Format
Copper disc
Physical Dimensions
31.6mm
- Date Added
- February 18, 2013
- Collection
- Maidstone Museum
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- copper, engraved date 1792, family, heart, holed, marriage, name, separation
- Citation
- Unknown, “Love token - Rebecca Tyson & Humphrey Tyson,” When this you see remember me, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lovetokens.omeka.net/items/show/115.