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Ryall, Henry (1777-1840)

Henry Ryall, candlemaker and grocer at Catherine Hill, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire.

He was the father of the engraver Henry Thomas Ryall (1807-1867). Ryall issued tokens in 1811 in company with Willoughby & Sons, Sinkins, Sparks, and Griffith & Gough (all merchants from Frome Selwood).

Lit.: P. and B. R. Withers, The Token Book. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries and their values (2010) p. 412 nos. 71-71 bis; A. W. Waters, Notes on the Silver Tokens of the Nineteenth Century (1957) p. 12 under Frome Selwood.

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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG97954

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