Love token - Keep this dear wife
Title
Love token - Keep this dear wife
Subject
Numismatic object
Description
Image of copper cartwheel penny rubbed down and engraved with inscription, initials, date, image of pierced heart, glass and jug. Side one: Engraved in punched style with image of pierced heart, two arrows, glass and "Keepsake from W.B to E.B 1840" in block capital lettering. Side two: Engraved, in punched style, a long inscription in block capital lettering.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Maidstone Museum, Kent, England
Format
Copper cartwheel penny
Identifier
M155
Coverage
Eighteenth/ early nineteenth century
Original Format
Copper cartwheel penny
Physical Dimensions
35.7mm
- Date Added
- April 3, 2013
- Collection
- Maidstone Museum
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- cartwheel, convict, copper, engraved date 1840, family, initials, penny, separation
- Citation
- Unknown, “Love token - Keep this dear wife,” When this you see remember me, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lovetokens.omeka.net/items/show/161.