17th century halfpenny token of John Marston, Coffee seller, Trumpington Street, Cambridge.
Issuer: Marston, John
History note: No provenance.
Diameter: 20 mm
Die Axis: 0 degrees
Weight: 3.05 g
Method of acquisition: Unknown (1908)
Uncertain 1648 - Uncertain 1672
Label text from the exhibition ‘Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 26 November 2019 until 31 August 2020: The Fitzwilliam Museum has several tokens for local tradesmen relating to food. This one, inscribed ‘John Marston in Trumpington Street, Cambridge’, has a hand pouring coffee from a pot into four cups set on a table. The exact location of Marston’s coffee shop is unknown, but it was likely to have been a favourite haunt of students, serving food and alcohol as well as coffee. Isaac Newton may well have frequented it in the early 1660s, when a student at Trinity.
Accession number: CM.BI.317-R
Primary reference Number: 96822
Dickinson: 63
Ordering: T17C-0289
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
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