Convict Love Token - 1818 - Beedle
This token may relate to 42-year-old William Mascall, who, together with William Dovey, was tried and convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery in February 1818 for stealing 33 panes of glass from Daniel Sutton at Edwards Place, Kensington. Both men were sentenced to seven years' transportation, but no record of their transportation has yet been found.
Transcription
Back
Token with a crisscross and scalloped border, encircling cursive text:
I am your
Wellwisher
William Maskell
1818
Front
Token engraved with a fine crisscross border, and a heart crossed with arrows at the base of cursive text:
Mr & Mrs Beedle
May love and
Friendship
never be forgot
Diameter
36.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
