Token, James, C., after 1779
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
after 1779
Token, James, C., after 1779 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated after 1779. The museum's brief description reads: Token commemorating David Garrick, portrait bust on obverse, masks of tragedy and comedy and the inscription, 'SIMS RUSSELL COURT', on reverse, designed by C. James, after 1779. Museum description: Medal. Obverse: portrait bust of David Garrick, profile, facing viewer's right, with quotation above and maker's name below. Reverse: the masks of Comedy and Tragedy in profile; Comedy, facing viewer's left, with a trumpet through the eye hole, and Tragedy, facing viewer's right, with a sword through the eye hole. With a thistle between them at top and above it a crown, with an inscription giving the name and address of the issuer. Below the masks, two laurel branches, crossed. The museum record gives material recorded as copper; measurements Diameter 2.8 cm; maker recorded: James, C.. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Historical context
This token, commemorating the actor David Garrick, was a refreshment token, issued by a publican called Sims, who kept the Harp Tavern at Russell Court, London.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper
- Dimensions
- Diameter 2.8 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Copper
- Maker recorded
- James, C.
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- 'We ne'er shall look upon his like again'; 'Sims Russell Court'
Identification
- Museum attribution
- James, C.
- Museum object name
- Token
- Museum object number
- S.582-1997
- Museum system number
- O1139055
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.