New Zealand Penny token. S. Clarkson
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William Joseph Taylor, designer obverse and reverse
1802 – 1885
New Zealand Penny token. S. Clarkson
1875
copper
1802 – 1885
New Zealand Penny token. S. Clarkson
1875
copper
- Place made
- London
- Medium
- copper
- Dimensions
- 3.4 cm (diam.)
- Accession number
- NC00668
- Signature and date
- Obverse Description: At top above foliage, S. CLARKSON below foliage in five lines: IMPORTER / CASHEL STREET / CHRIST / CHURCH / NEW ZEALAND Reverse Description: A female figure representing Justice seated on a wool bale with legs to left but her head and upper body to front. A wine barrel lies on the ground behind her and a three-masted sailing ship sails to the right on the horizon to the left. She wears a blindfold and extends a balanced set of scales with her right hand. With her left she holds an inverted cornucopia from which fruits flow onto the ground. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, both arms bare. Above, NEW ZEALAND in exergue, 1875.
- Media category
- Token
- Collection area
- International decorative arts and design