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| Comments. Francis Shackelton held the honour of being tallow maker
to the Duke of York, and carried on his business at No.12 Little Suffolk
Street, Haymarket, at the west end of the city. |
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| Brass moulds for making candles appear to have been
known in the eighteenth century, but those generally used when the token
was issued were of pewter or tin, hanging on a wooden frame. Each tube had
a conical lower end with a small hole just large enough for the passage
of a looped wick, which was drawn through by means of a wire and fastened
to keep the wick in the centre of the tube. The tubes were then filled with
warm tallow from a ladle and left to cool. When the candles were cold they
were hard enough to be drawn out of the mould. |
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| There is a trivial variant of this token, D&H 476;
and an extremely rare error with LONDON spelt LODON, D&H 475. It was
condemned and only about a dozen impressions were struck. A specimen sold
at Welch's sale in 1801 for 34/-. |
| Commercial Coins 1787-1804., pp. 118-119 |
