A Fine Collection of Racing Tickets and Passes, the Property of a North Country Collector

YORKSHIRE, York, New Stand, 1803, a uniface octagonal gilt-bronze pass, from the same die as previous, back named (Wm. Thornton Esqr., No. 19), 41mm, 15.58g (W 1570; D & W 324/29; cf. DNW T14, 600). Pierced as issued, about very fine and very rare; with black ribbon for suspension £240-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Racing Tickets and Passes, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: Bt T. Vignoles April 1994.

The accompanying ticket is in error in attempting to link the recipient to a ‘Mrs Thornton’, who rode side-saddle in a well-documented match in 1804 and about which much has been written; that lady’s ‘husband’ was a Col. Thomas Thornton