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1828: G Emms / Mary Knight

Object number: 2008.0039.0079

1828: G Emms / Mary Knight

Object number: 2008.0039.0079

Diameter: 36mm, thickness: 2mm

Front:

Token engraved with a stippled zigzag border and an image of a man and a woman, their joined hands holding an umbrella above them. He has a top hat and a jacket with buttons; her hat has a feather and ribbons, and her skirt has buttons and a lacy border. To the left and right of the couple are the words:

Goaing
A Walk

At the base are three lines of stippled text:

. G . Emms . 24 .
. M . knight
1828

Back:

Token engraved with a stippled zigzag border and 10 lines of stippled cursive text (quite worn on right side):

Dear mary
When this you
see Remember
me and bear
me in your min[d]
let all the world
Say what thay
will dont
prove to me
Unkind

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