Convict Love Token - Undated - S B
Transcription
Back
Token engraved with stippled concentric circles of text and design. The outer circle of text reads (from top right):
THE ABSENT ARE TO MEMORY DEAR FORGET ME NOT
There is a bracketed heart after the words ‘DEAR’ and ‘NOT’, and the inner circle is a leaf design. The innermost circle contains four lines of text:
S.B
BORN
Jany 12th
1815
Front
Token engraved with lines of stippled text, encircled by a border of stippled vine leaves and bunches of grapes:
TIME MAY
PASS YEARS MAY
FLY. EVERY OAK DECAY
AND DIE. AND EVERY
JOYFUL DREAM MAY SET.
BUT YOU DEAR SARAH
I NEVER SHALL
FORGET
Diameter
35.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia