Market check. Pewter 29.4mm diameter.  MIDLANDS JOINT STOCK FISH COMPANY around, ESTABLISHED IN BIRMINGHAM 1838  R. SIX   Cf. Whitmore 5700 and Cf Neumann 28315, but that in brass.  Several small spots of tin plague, otherwise fair - Fine.  Unpublished in this metal ?  RR

On 14 August 1839, Michael Alexander Gage, fishmonger, manager and partner in the Birmingham Joint Stock Fish Company, was declared bankrupt. It was confirmed on 30 March 1840.

Stockfish is air-dried Norwegian cod.

Ex David Rogers collection.