D6RSET TOKENS AND MEDALS. 85 



Those tokens that relate to Dorset are as follows : 



BLANDFORD. 



10. obv: "Payable by H. Ward, Blandford." Within a garter, 



three lions passant guardant. 



rev: "One shilling token. For public accommodation, 

 1811." 



11. obv : "Blandford, 1811." Within a shield, Arms similar to 



No. 10, but with a label of three points, in chief. 

 rev: "One shilling token. H. Ward. For public 



accommodation." (Plate I.) 



The Arms shown on Nos. 10 and n are derived from those of 

 the Duchy of Lancaster which at one time owned the Manor, 

 but no grant was made to the borough by the College of Arms. 

 Henry Ward was a well-known clock maker 1775 to 1820. The 

 Society of Arts awarded to him in 1814 a silver medal and a 

 money prize for equation mechanism for clocks, to indicate the 

 difference between true and mean solar time. (cf. Britten's 

 " Old Clocks and Watches.") 



DORCHESTER. 



1 2. obv : A robed and mitred figure of S. Dunstan with pastoral 



staff in the right hand. In the left are tongs 

 which hold the devil, who is seen over the 

 Bishop's shoulder. Above, " Know thyself." 

 Below, branches of olive. I. D. near left foot. 

 rev : " Cox Merle & Pattison. Dorchester Bank one 

 shilling token Pure silver." In six lines, 

 surrounded by scrolls. (Plate I.) 



Robert Albion Cox, William Merle, and Robert Pattison issued 

 about 1811 this fine example of the die engraver's art. The two 

 first named had established before 1790 a banking house in 

 Cox's Court, Little Britain, where the family of Cox * had carried 

 on the business of gold refining as early as 1760. 



* They were of Dorset extraction, being connected with Piddletrenthide, 

 Gillingham, and Fifehead Magdalen. 



