The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes

Bank of Economy, 9 Church Street, Liverpool, an advertising note for 1 Guinea, 30 March 1833, serial number 9, promising to ‘supply Mr. Wm Purchasewell or bearer with the best London Beaver hat that can be made for one pound one shilling and every article in the Hat, Cap & Bonnet trade, proportianably cheap’, signature of Wm Ward Junr, with a vignette of Liver Birds at top left, very fine and scarce
Outing unlisted £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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William Ward was one of a family of Liverpool hatters. His father and son were both in the business and indeed, he was in partnership with his son, who was based in London, when this note was produced in 1833. The partnership did not last long and was dissolved a year later.

The engraver of the note, Edgar Andrew Porteus, is notable for having had an injunction taken out against him by Guinness & Co., because he was engraving labels that were suspiciously similar to their beer bottles!