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1 & 2 February 2022
Circuses, LAMBETH, Astley’s Amphitheatre, copper, astleys, rev. exhibition, 37mm, 12.69g (W 79); together with Victoria, Penny, 1892, obv. countermarked astley; Carter’s Steam Fair, brass, 2014, 25mm, 5.53g; Harry Levy Amusement Contractors Ltd, Circus, cupro-nickel, 31mm, 8.80g [4]. Second fine, others very fine and better, first very rare £40-£50
Hammer Price: £170
Clubs and Societies, Albemarle Street, The Royal Institution, 1804, copper-gilt, tree springing from mural crown, back named (W. Bridgman Esq), T above, 29mm, 13.32g (W 2679; D & W 157/438). Very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £70
Clubs and Societies, Albemarle Street, The Royal Institution, 1804, lead, tree springing from mural crown, back named (C.F. Sheridan Esq), A above, 29mm, 8.00g (W 2679; D & W 157/438). Very fine £60-£80
£60–£80
Clubs and Societies, Albemarle Street, The Royal Institution, 1819, silver, royal institution above date, back named (C.A. Moir Esqr), 32mm, 13.19g (W 2680). Good fine, rare; pierced for suspension £70-£90
£70–£90
Clubs and Societies, Albemarle Street, The Royal Institution, 1819, uniface copper, royal institution above date, un-named, 32mm, 16.11g (cf. W 2680, but different die). About extremely fine £50-£70
£50–£70
Clubs and Societies, BLOOMSBURY, John Street Institution, brass, legend around H, rev. blank, 31mm, 9.72g (W 1928). About very fine, scarce £30-£50
£30–£50
Clubs and Societies, BLOOMSBURY, Russell Institution, Lectures, a coloured card admitting to Brayley’s Lecture, March 12 1827, named (Mr A. West & friends), vignette of elevation of the building at centre, seal at lower right, 112 x 77mm. Fine £20-£30
£20–£30
Clubs and Societies, FINSBURY CIRCUS, London Institution, 1807, 30 Guinea Subscription, brass, by W. Wyon, lion standing left, holding open scroll with right forepaw, number (1080) engraved below, rev. robed female seated right, lamp of wisdom to right, 43mm, 31.90g (W 2670, this piece illustrated; D & W 156/434). Minor surface marks, otherwise very fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £50
Clubs and Societies, FINSBURY CIRCUS, London Institution, 1807, copper, arms of the City, lion crest above, number (198) engraved below, rev. robed female seated right, lamp of wisdom to right, 43mm, 29.70g (W 2671; D & W 157/435). Very fine; in original faded maroon leather case £40-£60
Hammer Price: £30
Clubs and Societies, A ticket awarded to a pioneer English photographer: FINSBURY CIRCUS, London Institution, 1807, copper, arms of the City, lion crest above, number (510) engraved below, rev. robed female seated right, lamp of wisdom to right, 43mm, 29.81g (W 2671; D & W 157/435). Good very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £75
Clubs and Societies, FINSBURY CIRCUS, London Institution, Lectures, a printed and embossed pink Transferable Ticket, in the name of Samuel Luck Kent, Hon. Secretary, 107 x 79mm. Very fine £15-£25
Hammer Price: £20
Clubs and Societies, PALL MALL, Society of British Artists, uniface lead, legend, back engraved (2), 34mm, 15.52g (W –; D & W –). Fine, extremely rare £50-£70
Hammer Price: £40
Clubs and Societies, REGENT’S PARK, Royal Botanic Society of London, Fellow, stained red ivory, crowned legend within wreath, rev. named (Hy. Vaughan, 2551), 36mm, 5.13g (W 2662, this piece illustrated; cf. D & W 151/389-90). Very fine, rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £320
Clubs and Societies, REGENT STREET, London Opinion Curio Club, stained ivory Membership, kneeling figure to right, bag of swag over his shoulder, No.167 below, rev. shamrock above open book, the instinct to admire the passion to acquire, 46mm, 3.88g (W –; D & W –). Fine, rare £30-£40
Hammer Price: £110
Clubs and Societies, ST JAMES’S, Catch Club, Instituted 1762, silver, by T. Pingo, Apollo and Dionysos seated facing each other, tripod supporting oak wreath in centre, let’s drink and let’s sing together, rev. wreath, engraved (A Proof), 44mm, 31.01g (Eimer 28; W 1102, this piece illustrated; D & W 152/398). About extremely fine and toned, rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £160
Clubs and Societies, ST JAMES’S, Catch Club, Instituted 1762, copper, by T. Pingo, Apollo and Dionysos seated facing each other, tripod supporting oak wreath in centre, let’s drink and let’s sing together, rev. wreath, un-named, 44mm, 36.65g (Eimer 28; W 1102; D & W 152/397). About very fine; pierced for suspension £50-£70
Clubs and Societies, London Association, copper, 1792, london association above date, back named (I. Wilson), 32mm, 9.86g (W 1993, this piece illustrated; D & W 149/369). Very fine, rare £60-£80
Clubs and Societies, Société Mutuelle des Suisses (Est. 1703), copper Sixpence, cross, rev. value, 28mm, 11.80g/12h (W 2114, this piece illustrated; D & W 192/721; cf. DNW T7, 555). About very fine £20-£30
Clubs and Societies, Society of Bucks, silver, by J. Westwood, deer standing left, tail pointing outwards, rev. plough, industry produceth wealth, handle below in, 37mm, 17.80g/12h (DH Middlesex 231; W 1779; D & W 152/391). Scratched in obverse field, otherwise fine and toned, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £300
Clubs and Societies, Society of Bucks, silver, by J. Westwood, stag, rev. plough, industry produceth wealth, edge plain, 28mm, 5.41g/11h (DH Middlesex 1043; W 1781; D & W 152/396). Very fine and irregularly toned, rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £60
Commerce, CORNHILL, Sun Fire Office, 1737, cast copper, radiant sun, rev. date, 30mm, 16.07g (W 2326, this piece illustrated). Very fine and very rare £90-£120
Commerce, CUSTOM HOUSE, John Bradshaw, a George II imitation Halfpenny, rev. planed flat and engraved (John Bradshaw Ticket Porter Custom House 1765), crown below, 27mm, 8.08g. Fine; pierced for suspension £30-£40
Commerce, ST MARTIN’S LANE, Amicable Society, 1696, silver, crown above clasped hands, date below, rev. frontal elevation of building, amicable contribution ship around, un-named, 40mm, 25.34g (W 2324; D & W 102/7; MI II, 155/422; cf. DNW 37, 933). About extremely fine and toned, very rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £550
Commerce, Threadneedle Street, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, South Sea House, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.36g/6h (DH Middlesex 162). About extremely fine £80-£100
Commerce, THREADNEEDLE STREET, Universal Hall of Commerce, Annual Subscription Ticket, 1843, white metal, legend around oval tablet, engraved (52), rev. winged figure of Commerce standing on globe, 42mm, 21.83g (W 1044, this piece illustrated; D & W 58/109). Edge nicks, otherwise very fine, retaining some original brilliance £30-£40
Education, CLAPTON, London Orphan Asylum, copper, legend, rev. 20, 24mm, 4.88g (W –; D & W 253/372). About very fine £40-£50
Education, REGENT STREET, Polytechnic Institution, 1840, white metal, by A.J. Stothard, conjoined busts of Victoria and Albert left, rev. helmeted head of Britannia left, 28mm, 10.57g (W & E 215A.1; W –; D & W 80/248). Good very fine; usual alteration of 4 in date £10-£20
Hammer Price: £5
Events, George IV, Coronation, 1821, official admission, silver, crown, coronation of h m king george the iv around, rev. wreath, un-named, 38mm, 28.47g (D & W 54/81; cf. DNW 137, 370). Obverse rim knock at 2 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £240
Exhibitions and Museums, EARL’S COURT, Gigantic Wheel, 1897, brass shell, 38mm (W & E 3127C.1); annual medals (9), 1897, 1898 [brass], 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, some by Spink, all copper except as stated, all 32mm (W 1010ff; Hawkins p.699 and pl.xxx, 8); together with a silver medal from the Bygone Britain series, 38mm [11]. First good very fine, last brilliant, others about very fine and better and a complete set [1900 never issued] £30-£40
Exhibitions and Museums, LEICESTER SQUARE, Holophusicon, Sir Ashton Lever, copper, sr a l, star onaments above and below, rev. holophusicon, star ornaments above and below, 37mm, 15.05g (W 1024; D & W 76/221; Young, Entertainments, pp.32-3). Good very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
Exhibitions and Museums, Piccadilly, Royal Academy, British School, uniface oval pallet-shaped gilt-copper, c. 1800, Prince of Wales’ feathers, back engraved 126, 53 x 43mm, 21.82g (D & W 146/349). Very fine and very rare £100-£150
Exhibitions and Museums, PICCADILLY, Royal Academy, Exhibition, a printed coloured Single Admission card to a private view, Friday April 28 1820, named and countersigned by Wm Owen, 112mm x 75mm. Very fine £20-£30
Hammer Price: £45
Gardens, BERMONDSEY, Thomas Keys, Halfpenny, 1785, TT between two keys, spa garden bermondsey, rev. two clarinets and French horn around flaming heart, edge plain, 6.93g/12h (DH Surrey 3; W 1300 [not seen]). Mediocre, a great rarity; no others noted in commerce in recent years £200-£300
Gardens, LAMBETH, Apollo Garden, uniface copper, apollo garden, large letters, 35mm, 7.66g (W 1298; Young, Gardens, p.82, this piece illustrated; D & W 64/153). Attempted piercing, otherwise about very fine £40-£50
£40–£50
Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Britannia, uniface lead trial for a badge, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], Britannia standing left, holding spear, offering hand to semi-kneeling muse, shield at right, tamen inter arma below, back with traces of the arms of the School for Music, 48mm, 22.80g (cf. W 1373; D & W –). A later striking from the die in lightly rusted state, good very fine, extremely rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £90
Gardens, Lambeth, Vauxhall Gardens, Erato, uniface lead trial for a badge, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], Erato seated right with lyre, greeting robed female, vereor ne ultimum below, scrolled border, 41mm, 27.17g (cf. W 1349; cf. D & W 85/289). A later striking from the die in rusted state, chipped at bottom, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £130
Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Mercury, copper, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], Mercury standing, wearing petasus, bull at left and sleeping man at right, scrolled border, back dated (1745), 41 x 40mm, 19.55g (cf. W 1354; cf. D & W 86/295). A later striking from the die in rusted state, very fine and extremely rare; with integral loop for suspension £100-£150
Gardens, REGENT’S PARK, Zoological Gardens, Subscriber’s Pass, silver, legend both sides, 23mm, 2.93g (W 1177; D & W 88/323). Very fine and toned, rare £60-£80
Hammer Price: £85
Gardens, ROTHERHITHE, St Helena Tavern and Gardens, white metal Sixpence by W.J. Taylor, archway leading to garden, building in background, st helena tavern on archway, dinners dress’d, tea gardens on pillars, rotherhithe in exergue, rev. refreshment to the value of sixpence within wreath, 38mm, 17.34g (W 1341; Hayes 191; D & W 81/259; cf. Todd 1320). Light tin pest, otherwise very fine and very rare £50-£70
Hammer Price: £95
Gardens, WESTMINSTER, Grosvenor Gardens, Subscribers’ Ticket, white metal, unsigned, arms and supporters of the Duke of Westminster, rev. subscribers ticket grosvenor gardens, un-named, 36mm, 15.70g (W 1316; D & W 72/197). Minor surface marks, otherwise good very fine, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £120
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