British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes

LONDON, Isle of Dogs, West India Dock Company, brass, by F. Jukes, ship with sails furled, rev. labourer at warehouse, un-numbered, 41mm, 21.77g (W 2966; D & W 334/42; cf. Noble II, 1123; cf. DNW M11, 1691). Pierced as issued, about very fine, rare £90-£120

The West India Dock Company was formed by Robert Milligan (1746–1809), Jamaican born merchant and ship-owner and the Docks, authorised by the West India Dock Act of 1799, were constructed between 1800 and 1802, with the South Dock built in the 1860s.