The Important Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by the late Dr David L Spence, of Pittsburgh (Part II)

Crewkerne, Samuel Sparks & Bartholomew Gidley, Halfpenny, 1797, edge grained, 9.45g/6h (DH 105); Freshford, John Moggridge and Thomas Joyce, Halfpence, 1795 (3), reading dunkikre, edge grained left, 8.76g/6h (DH 107), reading dunkirk (2), both edge grained right, 9.90g/6h (DH 108), 9.53g/6h (DH 109); Yeovil, Brett & Cayme, Halfpenny, 1797, 9.38g/7h (DH 110); County series, Lutwyche’s Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry Halfpenny, 1796, i promise edge, 9.63g/12h (DH 24) [6]. Very fine to extremely fine, DH 105 and 108 with original colour (£80-100)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence.

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Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection, additionally:
DH 24 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 240 (part) [gift of ‘J.E.’]
DH 107, 108, 109 and 110 F.W. Lincoln Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 February 1936, lot 307 (part) [107 and 108 from Verity, 109 from Spink, 110 from Baldwin].

DH 105 only illustrated. Sparks & Gidley, linen and woollen manufacturers. John Moggridge (c. 1720-1803) and Thomas Joyce (1759-1817), erected the purpose-built Dunkirk mill, intended predominantly for the mechanical spinning of yarn, in the early 1790s. Joyce later leased Freshford mill and by 1810 was the parish’s largest landowner and employer, but in 1813 he acquired the Staverton factory and disposed of his interests at Freshford (Dykes, BNJ 2004, pp.190-7). The Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry was formed of two corps, the West Somerset Yeomanry, established at Milverton on 25 July 1794 and the East Somerset Yeomanry at Castle Cary in May 1794