British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Bristol, [Scotchman and His Pack], T[homas] Dowell, copper Fourpence, rev. skittle ground, man playing skittles, ep, 21mm, 3.53g/12h (Courtney p.172), [Charles] Stephens, uniface brass Twopence, scotchman’s pack, etc, eg, 23.5mm, 4.13g (WC p.337); Ship Inn, G. Godfrey, copper Twopence, rev. value, ep, 21mm, 4.38g/12h (Courtney pp.161, 167), B[enjamin] Smith, brass Twopence by E. Cottrill, rev. value, eg, 23.5mm, 3.98g/12h, brass Twopence by T. Pope & Co, similar, eg, 23mm, 3.90g/6h, brass Threepence by S.A. Daniell, rev. value, eg, 23.5mm, 4.44g/12h (Courtney p.216) [6]. First three very fine, last good very fine, others fine, fourth pierced (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway.

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Provenance:
Second bt J.D. Hooper October 1993

First only illustrated. Scotchman and His Pack, St Michael’s hill, St Michael, proprietors Thomas Dowell 1835-51, Charles Stephens 1861-7; Ship Inn, Ship lane, Cathay, proprietors G. Godfrey 1843-53, Benjamin Smith 1857-88. Smith was in dispute with the Bristol Waterworks Company in 1857 and his case was taken up by the Licensed Victuallers Association. His water had previously been supplied by the Company for both trade and domestic purposes by payment of a water rate. Then the Company decided that a water meter should be installed on the premises. Smith had no objection to the meter, what he objected to was the fact that the Company intended to take his present charge as a minimum payment and add extra for any used over this amount at a percentage rate of that charge. However, he was told that if his water consumption was lower than this new basic amount he would not pay less. His argument was that if he had a meter he should pay per gallon used. The Company would not allow this so he refused to agree to these terms and the Company cut off his supply. He then brought an action against them in the County Court and the Company made an application for the case to be removed to a superior court, which was when the Association took up his case