Daniel Garraway Halfpenny Token
Date1797
MediumCopper
DimensionsDiameter: 29 mm
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Lasser Numismatics Fund
Object number2018-161
DescriptionObverse: "DG" in a script cypher at center, surrounded by PAYBLE AT GARRAWAYS • CROYDON • HALFPENNEY •.Reverse: A molded teapot (black basalt or red dry-bodied stoneware) of elongated drum or cylindrical oval shape with reeded base and swag-and-tassel border and a conforming cover topped by a molded widow finial; the teapot surrounded by THE BEST TEAS IN CROYDON • 1797 •.
Edge: Plain.ProvenanceEx. collection; Mr. Gantz, purchased at Glendining's (London), Sale #23, June 7, 1941, part of lot 1715.
1790-1810
ca. 1800
ca. 1763