British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

Tickets and Passes, Travelling Exhibitions: T[homas] Corry (3), ireland its scenery music & antiquities, etc, round brass and white metal, both 27mm, 6.74g, 4.95g (W 1053; D & W 55/85, 55/86), oval brass, 51 x 31mm, 10.90g (W 1054; D & W 55/87) [3]. Last very fine, others good fine £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Irish Tokens from the Collection of the late Barry Woodside.

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Provenance: First bt S. Byrne 1993; second bt N.B. Todd 2004; *last bt E. Szauer 1992.

Thomas Charles Stuart Corry (1825-96), descended from a family from Rockcorry, co Monaghan; educ. Royal Belfast Academical Institution; practised as a surgeon, specialising in obstetrics, Belfast; his dioramas of Ireland, which opened on Boxing Day 1864, played to large gatherings in Ireland, England, Scotland, the USA and Australia over the next 20 or so years, the shows featuring ‘Irish’ songs, recitations and dancing