File:Photo of Preston Market c1850 showing John Thornley Tea Merchant (FindID 599164).jpg

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Photo of Preston Market c1850 showing John Thornley Tea Merchant
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Paul Hickman, 2014-02-03 15:15:24
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Photo of Preston Market c1850 showing John Thornley Tea Merchant
Description
English: A copper alloy shop token. The obverse bears the legend "John Thornley Tea Merchant" around the outside and "Established 1839" surrounding the image of a tea pot in the centre. The reverse reads "The Golden Teapot is near the Castle Inn Market place Preston 1850". This is an early coin-like advertisement. It shows evidence of re-use having been pierced near the rim.

Throughout the nineteenth century, advertising was used by British shopkeepers and traders to make their businesses known to customers. Using copper tokens was one way of promoting a trader's name and the goods he sold. Other advertising methods included printed trade cards, advertisements in newspapers, and posters on the walls of the larger cities. While the printed trade card was made of paper, an easily degraded material, the copper token was more durable. It was probably given out to established customers when they visited the tea merchant's shop. "The Golden Tea Pot depicted was near the Castle Inn, Market Place, Preston". The British Museum has an identical token in it's collections Ref: CM 1870-5-7-4611.

The Diameter is 32mm, the weight is 10.08g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lancashire
Date 1850
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 599164
Old ref: LANCUM-FB0635
Filename: golden teapot.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/454994
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/454994/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/599164
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