Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection

Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, SURREY, Petersham Park, 1775, triangular copper, pp monogram within floral scrolls, rev. date surrounded by floral scrolls, 28mm, 5.07g (W 1150; D & W –). Very fine and very rare £120-150

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: W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 1066 [from Baldwin 1990, and with early 20th century ticket].

Petersham Park became a dedicated private space in 1686. In 1734 part of it was incorporated into Richmond Park, with the remaining part coming under control of Richmond Park a century later