S.W.Fores No. 2, for Self, Grub, Snout and Starveling, 2 Pence, 25 December 1818, promising to pay ‘Messrs Flesh, Flour, Malt & Co. or Bearer when Roasting-beef shall be sold at four pence per pound, Porter at three pence per pot, and the Quartern Loaf at Sixpence’, signed by Gristle Barebones and Spoonmeat Littleflesh, with a vignette of a loaf, labelled ‘The Staff of Life’, extremely fine £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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This note is a protest piece about the increasing price of food and other essentials in Britain.