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Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Statue of Handel, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], silver, figure of Handel seated, playing a lyre, child at feet recording the music, colonnade behind, blandius orpheo in exergue, back named (Mr Dan: Ponton, 86), 45 x 38mm, 17.23g (W 1353, this piece illustrated; D & W 85/291-3). Minor surface marks, otherwise very fine and toned, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,300
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Calliope, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], silver, robed female seated three-quarters left, holding a recorder and music book, calliope on scroll below, back named (Mr Pontin, 983), 50 x 32mm, 15.44g (W 1347; D & W 84/280-3). Good very fine and attractively toned, extremely rare; with integral loop for suspension £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,000
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Arion, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], copper, robed figure riding on dolphin left, ornamental border, back named (Mr Thos. Eastland, 787), 40 x 34mm, 12.39g (W 1345; D & W 84/273-8). Good very fine and patinated, very rare; with integral loop for suspension £400-500
Hammer Price: £500
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, CLERKENWELL, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, oval engraved copper, sadlers wells theatre and ms monogram, rev. admit two, named (Rd. Wroughton), 53 x 31mm (W 409, this piece illustrated; D & W –). Very fine and extremely rare; pierced for suspension £300-400
Hammer Price: £440
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, BERMONDSEY, Bermondsey Spa Gardens, Thomas Keyse, copper Halfpenny, 1796, t. keys bermondsey spa garden, rev. conjoined ts between two keys, edge engrailed, 9.26g/12h (W 1305, this piece illustrated; DH Surrey 5; D & W 65/159). Usual die flaw on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £340
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, OXFORD STREET, The Pantheon, Italian Opera, First Theatre, 1790=1, copper, front view of the Pantheon, flanked by k[ing’s] s[ide], rev. italian opera pantheon, box no. 73, named (Mrs Pole), 34mm, 15.34g (W 377, this piece illustrated; D & W 33/350). Fine, scarce; pierced for suspension £150-200
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, MARYLEBONE, Marylebone Gardens, 1771, oval copper bracteate, marylebone gardens flanked by floral ornaments, no. 658, aba monogram engraved in centre, 44 x 35mm, 5.64g (W 1330, this piece illustrated; D & W 78/237-8). Slight crease mark, otherwise very fine and very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £320
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, SOUTHWARK, Finch’s Grotto Gardens, 1768, silver, grotto gardens and date within wreath, rev. crossed trumpet and violin, ribbon behind, no. 500, 30mm, 9.82g (W 1318, this piece illustrated; D & W –). Very fine, olive tone, extremely rare £400-500
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, HAYMARKET, King’s Theatre, Second Theatre, 1791, ivory, king’s theatre haymarket above date, rev. named (Sr I. Morshead, No. 102), 37mm, 4.47g (W 306, this piece illustrated; D & W –). Very fine and very rare £400-500
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, HAYMARKET, King’s Theatre, Second Theatre, 1797, engraved silver, crown, king’s theatre, for 21 years from 24 june 1797, rev. r 70, general ticket of admission, 32mm, 7.81g (W 272, this piece illustrated, recté 1797; cf. D & W 27/291). Good very fine and toned, very rare; with small piercing for suspension £400-500
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, HAYMARKET, King’s Theatre, Second Theatre, 1797, engraved silver by J. Wakelin and R. Garrard, king’s theatre season 1797.8, named (Mr Buzelin), rev. general ticket of admission, hallmarked London 1797, 42mm, 7.76g (W 273, this piece illustrated; D & W –). Very fine and extremely rare; with integral loop for suspension £400-500
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Spanish Fête, 1828, silver, unsigned, lyre between oak branches, parque argentino, rev. vauxhall and date within wreath, 32mm, 15.21g (W 1367; D & W 88/320). Scuff marks and evidence of past cleaning, otherwise very fine, rare £180-220
Hammer Price: £300
Exhibitions and Museums, TICKETS and PASSES, Exhibitions and Museums, Piccadilly, Bayly’s Museum, George Bayly, copper Halfpenny by C. James, crocodile and tree, a crocodile to be seen alive at g baylys museum for, rev. all sorts of natural history 242 piccadilly, rattlesnake and tree, edge plain, 12.09g/6h (Young, Entertainments, p.48, this piece; W –; D & W 65/162; DH Middlesex 253). Extremely fine with a hint of original colour £200-260
Hammer Price: £280
Exhibitions and Museums, TICKETS and PASSES, Exhibitions and Museums, Old Cavendish Street, Summers’s Museum, Richard Summers, copper Halfpenny, 1797, head of a wild man full facing, a wild man’s head from the land of jesso to be seen at, rev. summers’s museum no. 24 old cavendish street oxford street, paintings bought sold or exchanged, dealer in curiosities &c around small rs cypher, edge plain, 16.01g/7h (Young, Entertainments, p.48, this piece; W –; D & W 82/262; DH Middlesex 905). Obvers...
Hammer Price: £260
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, HOLBORN, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre, 1695, copper, laureate bust of William III right, rev. vpper galerie above date, 26mm, 5.50g (W 356; D & W 31/338). Fair, a great rarity; very few specimens extant £300-500
Hammer Price: £240
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, OXFORD STREET, The Pantheon, Italian Opera, First Theatre, 1790=1, plated copper, front view of the Pantheon, rev. italian opera pantheon, box no. 48, named (Duke of Dorset, F), 34mm, 16.26g (W 376; cf. D & W 33/350-1). Numerous test marks and scrapes, otherwise better than fine, scarce; pierced for suspension £300-360
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, STRAND, Theatre Royal, Lyceum, Royal Italian Opera, 1857, ivory, royal italian opera lyceum, named (Lady Meux), rev. date above box 22, no. 4, ink signature (J. Parsons), 39mm, 5.00g (W 370, this piece illustrated, recté J. Parsons; MG 292). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £300-400
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens [Jonathan Tyers], A Ridotto al’ Fresco [1732], an engraved admission ticket, unsigned, cherubs dancing against a tented background of trees, 30 x 22cm. Some foxing at edges, otherwise very fine, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £220
Private Roads, TICKETS and PASSES, Private Roads, CHELSEA, King’s Private Road, type I, cast brass, undated, crowned gr monogram, rev. for the kings private roads, 32mm, 13.65g (Bendall 1; W 1160; D & W 320/7). Obverse fair, reverse fine; pierced for suspension £120-150
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, WHITECHAPEL, Goodman’s Fields New Theatre, copper, frontal elevation of a building, new theatre goodmans fields, rev. pit, floral ornaments above and below, 33mm, 14.69g (W 251; D & W 24/266). Good fine, very rare £200-260
Hammer Price: £200
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, EAST SMITHFIELD, Royalty Theatre, 1790, uniface copper, royalty theatre around first gallery, date below, back named (Mordecai Martin to A.M.), 36mm, 11.97g (W 407, this piece illustrated; D & W 35/374). Surface pitting in centre of obverse, otherwise good fine, very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £180
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, SURREY, New Park, Richmond, copper, crowned gr monogram, new park, rev. baronial coronet above w[alpole], 3 and 36 engraved at sides, 29mm, 9.32g (W 1134, this piece illustrated; D & W 321/10). Good very fine, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £170
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Britannia, copper, 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 dated (1747), 40 x 34mm, 14.78g (cf. W 1373 and p.188; D & W –; cf. Baldwin Auction 12, 1011 and Noble II, 812). A later striking from the die in lightly rusted state, perhaps by Matthew Young, good very fine and extremely rare; with integral loop for...
Hammer Price: £160
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, ST JAMES’S, St James’s Square, silver, unsigned, equestrian statue of William III left, rev. morning & evening within olive and palm branches, 35mm, 14.51g (W 1342; D & W 82/261). Obverse rather marked, otherwise fine to very fine, extremely rare £200-300
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, COVENT GARDEN, Theatre Royal, Second Theatre, O.P. [Old Price] Riots, 1809, white metal, unsigned [perhaps by P. Wyon], John Bull on an ass left, holding whips inscribed old price’s and open boxes, the animal with the head of John Philip Kemble, john bull’s advice to you is go ‘tis but a step from n. to o. on ribbon below, rev. p within o in centre, laurel, rattle and trumpet around, god save the king above, may our rig...
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, COVENT GARDEN, Covent Garden Theatrical Fund, an engraved card ticket for a Guinea by C. Corbould after J. Corbould, Wednesday 27 February 1822 [original date 30 January crossed through], Thalia and Melpomene presenting decayed votaries to the protection of Britannia, no. 139, signed by Daniel Egerton and partial seal at left, back named (Most Noble Marquis of Stafford), 150 x 110mm. Very fine, rare £100-150
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, LAMBETH, Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre [Ducrow & West], Admit Two (Box), printed card for Tuesday 10 June 1828/7, signed Fitzpatrick, Treasurer, and named (W. Barrymore), crowned arms and supporters, dress order, n.b. this ticket cannot possibly be admitted unless the strictest attention be paid to dress, 100 x 90mm. Light staining at upper right and two small holes in body at left, otherwise fine to very fine, rare £120...
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, MIDDLESEX, Hampton, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, David Garrick’s house, rev. fictitious arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 23.92g/6h (W –; DH Middlesex 154). Practically mint state, full original colour £150-200
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, HAYMARKET, Theatre Royal, [George Colman Jr], an engraved Subscriber’s print by Kirk for J. Saunders on behalf of the Choral Fund, 30 November 1796, for a Grand Concert under the patronage of the Duke of Clarence, 150 x 104mm. Half of the original ticket [the missing half being surrendered for admission]; some light foxing on edges, otherwise fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
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
Hammer Price: £140
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, HAYMARKET, King’s Theatre, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, King’s Theatre Haymarket, rev. City arms within wreath, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.72g/6h (W –; DH Middlesex 83). Extremely fine, diffused original colour £90-120
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, Travelling location, Bannister’s Travelling Circus, brass, [c. 1815], man standing on the back of a horse galloping right, waving a flag, bannister in exergue, rev. figure on a tightrope holding a balancing pole, 30mm, 7.99g (W 954; D & W 9/92). Even wear, fine £80-100
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, SURREY, New Park, Richmond, copper, crowned gr monogram in Garter, rev. no. 140 new park, named (Mrs J. Drummond), 32mm, 15.60g (W 1137; D & W 321/12). About extremely fine, original colour £90-120
Hammer Price: £130
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, Travelling location, Newsome’s Circus, octagonal brass, royal arms and supporters dividing newsome’s circus, rev. pit & promenade, 30mm, 8.48g (W 967, this piece illustrated). About very fine, rare £70-90
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Three Cupids, uniface lead trial, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], three Cupids, pedestal below inscribed iocosæ conveniunt lyræ, scrolled border, 47mm, 19.61g (cf. W 1351, and p.188, this piece illustrated; cf. D & W 84/284). A later striking from the die in rusted state, perhaps by Matthew Young, very fine and extremely rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £120
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, CLERKENWELL, Spa Fields Chapel, 1830, green line engraved card, mural crown above panel with sh monogram, gallery below, ‘Christ[ma]s 1830’ inked above, back with notation in ink ‘Seatholder’s ticket…initials S.H. (Selina Huntingdon) in the centre’, later pencilled annotation ‘Chapel was in Exmouth St…’ above, 90 x 61mm. Very fine and very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £110
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, HANOVER SQUARE, Hanover Square Rooms, 11 May 1789, an engraved admission ticket on card by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, winged female figure holding scroll of music, cherub at left playing flute, for the benefit of mr borghi on banner above, 143 x 105mm. Very fine, rare £100-150
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, BLACKHEATH, Alexandra Hall, engraved silver Pass, [1866-84], alexandra hall hugh irving around pass, rev. not transferable, 30mm, 9.37g (W 457, this piece [given to Manchester]). About very fine, very rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, First Theatre, 1671, copper, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], laureate bust of Charles II left, theatre royal around, rev. vpper galerie above date, 25mm, 8.25g (W 180; D & W 18/194). Fine, very rare £120-150
Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, CHELSEA, Ranelagh House and Gardens, 1745, uniface copper, ranelagh house and date, annulet in centre, 32mm, 10.44g (W 1337; D & W 80/251). About very fine, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £90
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