Convict Love Token - 1836 - Mary Prat
Transcription
Back
Worn and corroded token with nine lines of stippled text (the last line very faint). There is a decorative stippled line above the second last line:
Happy is
the day and ho
ur the helpless pris
oner is set free relea
sed out of the jailors
power and breathes
the air of Liberty
August Asize
Mary [Prat]
Front
Worn and partially corroded token with stippled images and text. In the centre is a man wearing a hat and chained at the wrists and ankles, surrounded by leaflike designs. Underneath (with flourishes on either side) is the text:
James Pratt
age 14
1836
Diameter
35.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
