Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

J. & S. Kelly (London, England)

Title:

J. & S. Kelly saddlery halfpenny token.

Alternate Title(s):

Kelly's light harness &c.

Published / Created:

London?, 1794.

Physical Description:

1 token : copper ; 27 mm in diameter

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Flat D 8d
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Three-Dimensional Artifacts

Notes:

Obverse: a postilion holding a harnessed horse. Lettering: KELLY'S LIGHT HARNESS &c SOLD CHEAP AT THEIR MANUFACTORY STRAND LONDON.

Reverse: a saddle, spur, and umbrella, two bits, and two whips. Lettering: KELLYS PATENT SADLERY &c SOLD CHEAP.

Edge: milled.

Conder, J. Arrangement of provincial coins, tokens, and medalets issued in Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies, within the last twenty years, Middlesex 165

Dalton, R. Provincial token-coinage of the 18th century, Middlesex 345e

Atkins, J. Tradesmen's tokens of the eighteenth century, Middlesex 240e

A Conder token, or privately minted coin, issued by J. & S. Kelly, saddler and harness maker at 139 Strand, London.

Subject Terms:

J. & S. Kelly (London, England) | Saddlery -- Great Britain. | Horsemanship -- Equipment and supplies -- Great Britain. | Horses -- Equipment and supplies -- Great Britain.

Form/Genre:

Halfpennies. | Tokens. | Conder tokens.