British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Outside London and Travelling Circuses, Bannister’s Travelling Circus, brass [c. 1810], man standing on the back of a horse galloping right, waving a flag, bannister in exergue, rev. figure on a tightrope holding a balancing pole, 30mm, 5.25g (W 954; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.131; D & W 9/92). Even wear, fine £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: Bt L. McCarthy November 2002.

James Bannister, impresario; his daughter, Sarah, was the star attraction at her father’s self-styled Olympic Circus which toured the country in the second decade of the 19th century. After Bannister was declared bankrupt in 1816 she joined the famous Astley’s circus