Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 321

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£160

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, T. & J. Hastings, brass, 30mm; D. & W. Henderson & Co, brass, stamped 13, 25mm; Ideal Trading Stamp Co, ‘B’ Branch, copper, 1 book, stamped 1117, 32mm (cf. Brodie 461); Kevan and Buttle, octagonal brass, 24mm (Brodie 461; ST 608); Merklands Wharf, square brass, stamped 1943, 34mm; Model School, 1857, M. Wilson, brass, merit class, 25mm (Brodie 458); Morris Made Guaranteed, bronze, 25mm; Mutual Property Recovery & Accident Co, nickel tag, 33 x 15mm; H.F. Nicholls, aluminium, 30mm (Brodie 462); Jno. Roger & Son, brass, 25mm (Brodie 463; ST 611); Stas. Sanders, a plated and planed-down brass Threepence, 21mm; William Skinner & Son, brass Half Loaf, 24mm (Brodie 465); Townhead Street Sunday School, iron bracteate, early, 22mm; Alexander Tulloch, brass, 24mm; Twentieth Century Cash Register Ltd, bronze, 25mm; Van den Berghs Ltd, Canteen Dept, brass Sixpence, Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, Three-Halfpence, Penny and Halfpenny, differing shapes and sizes (Brodie 467); Vaudeville, cupro-nickel, 26mm; G. & J. Weir Ltd, aluminium, spare gear, stamped 7, 32mm; Wilson’s, plated brass, 21mm; William Wilson [Pottery], octagonal lead, campbellfield, stamped 1222, 29 x 23mm; Motherwell, Lanarkshire Steel Co Ltd, brass, stamped 1574, 41 x 21mm; Strathclyde Country Park, M. & D. Taylor, brass (3, two 31mm, other 24mm), nickel (3) and white metal, all 31mm; together with a Glasgow Rangers FC aluminium check, 23mm [35]. Mostly about very fine, Wilson Pottery octagonal rare £120-150

Provenance: Hastings and Ideal bt H. Simmons October 2007; Henderson and *Wilson Pottery bt H. Simmons October 2010; Kevan & Buttle bt J. Whitmore May 1999; *Merklands bt October 2005; Model School bt H. Simmons October 2009; Nicholls bt J.G. Scott June 2008; Roger and Wilson’s A.B. Pardoe Collection, DNW Auction 31, 17 September 1997, lot 514 (part) [Roger from C. Brunel October 1985]; Skinner bt J.L. Holman September 2002; Townmead D.G. Vorley Collection, bt J.G. Scott June 2010; Vaudeville bt J.G. Scott July 2007