Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection

Gardens, ISLINGTON, Pantheon Tea Gardens, lead Sixpence, 1771, pantheon by delivering this ticket to the waiter yr intitled to the value of 6d in 7 lines, rev. 4 aut. 1771 within three spheres, for this day only and a shell below, 31mm, 8.02g (W 1335; D & W 80/245a; Young, Gardens, p.89, this piece). Fine, very rare £100-£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: Bt Baldwin February 1999.

The Pantheon Tea Gardens were opened in early 1770; tickets dated 1771 and 1772 are known. William Craven, the proprietor, was declared bankrupt in 1774 and the gardens had closed by 1776