British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

19th Century Tokens, Bristol, Ricketts, Evans & Co [Phoenix Flint Glass Works], Penny, 17.93g/12h (W 1610, struck over Patent Sheathing Co Penny); W[illiam] Sheppard, Shilling, 1811, 3.92g/12h (D 49), Sixpence, 1811, 2.05g/12h (D 65); R[obert] Tripp & Co, Shilling, 1811, 3.74g/12h (D 51), Sixpence, 1811, 2.00g/12h (D 66) [5]. D 49 extremely fine, D 65 good very fine, others about very fine £60-80

Provenance: W 1610 SNC June 2002 (TT 1856); *D 49 SCMB August 1954 (NT 154).

Phoenix Flint Glass Works, established by Wadham, Ricketts & Co, 22 August 1789. William Sheppard, lottery operator, bookseller, stationer and vendor of patent medicines, opposite the Exchange. Robert Tripp & Co, army and navy tailor, 37 The Quay, later at 28 and 29 Bath street