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Gardens, BERMONDSEY, Bermondsey Spa Gardens, Thomas Keyse, Skidmore’s Halfpenny, 1786, copper, bermondsey spa gardens around conjoined ts between two keys, rev. musical instruments around flaming heart, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.95g/10h (DH Surrey 4; W 1301, this piece illustrated; D & W 65/158; Young, Gardens, p.79, this piece). Collector’s number ‘2122’ in lower obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,500
Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Free Ticket, uniface oval engraved silver by A. Douglas, named (Admit Sir Thos. Turton Bart. Family & Friends), hallmarked London 1821, 75 x 56mm, 23.12g (W 1366, this piece; D & W 88/319; Young, Gardens, p.28, this piece). Very fine and toned, extremely rare; very few similar specimens known £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,100
Theatre and Entertainment, HAYMARKET, Her Majesty’s Theatre, octagonal ivory, Opera 1838, back named (Duchess of Cleveland, Box 57 1/2, 5), 33mm, 3.60g (W 331, this piece; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.73, this piece; D & W 29/321). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £300-£500
Theatre and Entertainment, COVENT GARDEN, Theatre Royal, New Theatre, Admit (Before the Curtain) For the Season 1806 & 1807, at the Bow Street Door only, a printed blue ticket, named (Mr Cobbett & friend), signed by T. Harris, 115 x 74mm (Young, Theatres & Circus, p.54, this item). Fine to very fine; of especial radical interest £200-£260
Hammer Price: £800
Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, engraved silver lozenge-shape, musical instruments, rev. named (Eyres Esqr.), 50 x 38mm, 8.11g (W 1356; D & W 86/297; Young, Gardens, p.22, this piece). Very fine and toned, extremely rare; pierced for suspension £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, triangular uniface silver, unsigned, Apollo standing facing, playing a lyre, back named (The Rt. Honble. The Lady King, 2), 39 x 26mm, 3.67g (W –; D & W –). Flan a trifle bent at lower right, otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare; with integral loop for suspension £500-£700
Hammer Price: £650
Circuses, LAMBETH, [Astley’s] Royal Amphitheatre, oval engraved silver, horseman left, royal amphitheatre, back named (Mr Oliver Jones), 50 x 33mm, 9.14g (W 80, this piece; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.117, this piece; cf. Millett FPL 2008, 104). Very fine and extremely rare; believed only one other specimen known £600-£800
Hammer Price: £600
Gambling, Cornhill, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, uniface trials in lead of the obv. and rev. of the Halfpenny, 1795, Fortune standing between two lottery wheels, rev. at the offices of richardson goodluck & co no. 12807 the last prize of £30,000 shared was sold in sixteenths, edges plain, 2.91g, 2.95g (cf. W 1716; cf. DH Middlesex 467) [2]. Extremely fine and as made, unusual and very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £550
Railways, FARRINGDON, Metropolitan Railway, ivory, metropolitan around railway, rev. daily telegrph., 19mm (W 2872, this piece, recté 19mm). Good very fine, a very rare and very early Underground railway item £100-£150
Hammer Price: £500
Theatre and Entertainment, CLERKENWELL, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, 1803, bone, sadlers wells around date, rev. named (Mr Andrews, Pit), 35mm, 3.74g (W 410, this piece; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.90, this piece; ). ‘X’ cancellation cross below name, fine to very fine, exceptionally rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £400
Exhibitions and Museums, PICCADILLY, Egyptian Hall, white metal, by J. Bonomi for Pinches, egyptian hall piccadilly painted by henry warren joseph bonomi james fahey daily at three & eight, rev. Bedouin on camel walking right, panorama of the nile above, 36mm, 17.55g (W 1015, this piece illustrated; Young, Entertainments, p.29, this piece). Extremely fine and very rare £150-£200
Theatre and Entertainment, HOLBORN, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theatre, 1695, copper, laureate bust of William III right, rev. for the pit above date, 33mm, 12.28g (W 355, this piece illustrated; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.61, this piece). Die flaw on obverse, fine, a great rarity; very few specimens extant £400-£600
Theatre and Entertainment, COVENT GARDEN, Foundation Stone of the New Theatre Royal [Second Theatre] Laid, 1808, a copper medal by P. Rouw, bust of the Prince of Wales right, rev. georgius princeps walliarum theatri regiis instaurandi auspiciis in hortis benedictinis londini fundamenta sua. manu. locavit and date, 90mm (BHM 638). Some minor marks and light rubbing to high points of obverse, otherwise very fine and a handsome medal, only about 25 struck, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £320
Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, Fourth Theatre, Performance of ‘The Coronation’ 1821, silver, by Bagnall & Johnston, laureate bust of George IV left, coronation george iv around, rev. represented by his majestys servants at the t.r. drury lane r.w. elliston manager, King enthroned, rider at left, attendants at side, august first 1821 in exergue, 35mm, 25.35g (W 220; BHM 1175). Obverse very fine, reverse extremely fine, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £300
Theatre and Entertainment, HAMPSTEAD, Hampstead Wells Ballroom, copper, frontal elevation of a building, engraved 63 below hampstead in exergue, rev. this admits two ladys into the ball room around Henry Vipont monogram, 35mm, 18.46g (W 1065, this piece illustrated; D & W 74/211; Young, Entertainments, p.21, this piece). Die flaw across obverse, very fine and extremely rare; pierced for suspension £240-£300
Commerce, COVENT GARDEN, New Street, J. Shakespear, copper, c. 1800, js monogram flanked by flowers, rev. shakespear taylor new street covent garden above a woolpack, 34mm, 17.54g (W –). Good fine, very rare; worthy of further research £50-£100
Theatre and Entertainment, OXFORD STREET, The Pantheon, 1772, silver, frontal elevation of the Pantheon, rev. no. 23 pantheon in wreath above date, 34mm, 18.17g (W 375, this piece listed; D & W 33/349; Young, Entertainments, p.13, this piece). Toning spot on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £280
Refreshment and Accommodation, COVENT GARDEN, Low’s Hotel, 1774, silver, by J. Kirk, frontal elevation of building, low’s grand hotel covent garden london and date around, rev. for the reception of noblemen and gentlemen within wreath, edge plain, 34mm, 13.07g (W 2435; D & W 77/227). Some staining on rims, otherwise very fine, reverse better, extremely rare in silver £240-£300
Refreshment and Accommodation, COVENT GARDEN, Charles Richardson, 1793, uniface brass, c richardson covent garden around date and coffee house, rev. stamped pot, 31mm, 6.85g (W 2437; D & W 77/229; Young, Entertainments, p.61, this piece). Good fine, rare £60-£80
Hammer Price: £260
Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, an etched admission ticket for a Masquerade Ball by W. Sharp after T. Stothard, printed in red ink, no.3233, dated May 31st 1792, 207 x 144mm. Lacking the wax seal (which prevented the ticket from re-use), deliberate incision, otherwise fine to very fine, very rare £200-£260
Theatre and Entertainment, FLEET STREET, Duke’s Theatre, 1671, copper, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], crowned dy monogram, the dukes theatre above, 9 novem. 1671 in exergue, rev. for the pit and date in 3 lines, 34mm, 12.77g (W 239; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.41, this piece; D & W 23/256). Fair to fine, very rare £300-£400
Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, uniface copper, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], three Cupids, pedestal below inscribed iocosæ conveniunt lyræ, scrolled border, back dated (1746), 44 x 35mm, 22.75g (cf. W 1351; cf. D & W 84/284). A later striking from the die in rusted state, very fine and extremely rare; with integral loop for suspension £150-£200
Hammer Price: £240
Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, Third Theatre, Skidmore’s London and Westminster series, Penny, 1797, type 1, Drury Lane Theatre, rev. City arms, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 24.54g/12h (W 218; D & W 22/254; DH Middlesex 82). About extremely fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
Refreshment and Accommodation, SOHO, Jack’s [John Roberts] Coffee House, copper Sixpences (2, different, one with stop after 6), revs. rodney 12th april 1782, 5.19g (W 1621), 6.06g (W 1622, this piece illustrated), copper Threepence, similar, stop after 3, 3.34g (W 1623) [3]. Last about fine, others fine and better, second with punch-mark £40-£50
Gardens, SOUTHWARK, Finch’s Grotto Gardens, 1764, uniface brass, the grotto and date, 25mm, 5.65g (W 1317, this piece illustrated; D & W 72/195; Young, Gardens, p.84, this piece). Good fine, extremely rare £300-£360
Theatre and Entertainment, HAYMARKET, King’s Theatre, 1793, uniface white metal, kings theatre and date in 3 lines, back engraved (1st Gall., 261), 39mm, 21.28g (W 286, this piece; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.67, this piece; D & W 27/294). Minor tin pest on obverse rim, otherwise fine to very fine, extremely rare £140-£180
Hammer Price: £200
Exhibitions and Museums, STRAND, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, white metal, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 7.71g/6h (DH Middlesex 422; cf. DNW 67A, 1437). About extremely fine, very rare £100-£150
Gardens, BROMPTON, Cromwell Gardens, brass Sixpence, c. 1775, legend around value either side, 30mm, 6.54g (W 1311; D & W 67/171; Young, Gardens, p.87, obv. this piece). Small t engraved on lower reverse (similar to others seen), very fine and very rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £170
Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, Second Theatre, 1790, uniface copper, drury lane and date around first gally., three concentric circles in centre, small flan, 31mm, 8.32g (W 200; D & W 19/212). Some light scratches on the back, otherwise good very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £160
Clubs and Societies, ST JAMES’S, Union Club, 1799, copper, clasped hands, union club above, date below, rev. heart, 34mm, 11.96g (W 1773; D & W 194/740). Good very fine, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £150
Gardens, CHELSEA, Ranelagh House and Gardens, an engraved admission card for a Masquerade, 14 June 1776, unsigned [by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani], naked female standing cherubs holding masks at base, 153 x 105mm (Young, Gardens, p.48, this item). Very fine; mounted in a gilt frame by Crescent Galleries, Bridgwater [frame 275 x 220mm], with cord for suspension £90-£120
Hammer Price: £140
Refreshment and Accommodation, FLEET STREET, Rainbow Coffee House, uniface copper, rainbow coffee house, centre stamped 1, back stamped 2, 25mm, 7.08g (W 2443, this piece). Obverse rim knock at 2 o’clock, otherwise very fine and very rare £70-£90
Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, Second Theatre, 1776, uniface copper, drury lane and date around upper gally, back stamped 14, 38mm, 18.49g (W 193, this piece listed; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.23, this piece; D & W 19/209). About very fine, dark patina £90-£120
Hammer Price: £130
Theatre and Entertainment, ISLINGTON, Alexandra Theatre, brass, alexandra theatre around cruciform ornament of lis and corn-ears, rev. similar ornament, 38mm, 14.30g (W 77, this piece illustrated; D & W 9/91). About very fine, very rare £90-£120
Theatre and Entertainment, CLERKENWELL, Sadler’s Wells, Aquatic Theatre, Mr Morelli’s Night, Tuesday October 15th 1811, a card ticket for a Box for 4, no.360, signed with initials CJM, 92 x 73mm (Young, Theatres & Circus, p.90, this item). Very fine, rare £100-£150
Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, Third Theatre, plated brass, drury lane theatre around pit, rev. john williams between two concentric circles, 39mm, 9.78g (W 206, this piece illustrated). Fine, very rare £90-£120
Outside London and Travelling Circuses, Jim Myers’ Great American Circus, brass, American eagle, rev. concentric beaded and linear circles, 28mm, 7.60g (W 966, this piece illustrated; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.138, this piece). Good fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £120
Gambling, COVENT GARDEN, [Henry] Jernegan’s Lottery, 1736, a silver medal by J.S. Tanner after H.F. Gravelot, Minerva standing between trophies and emblems, rev. Queen Caroline waters a grove of palm trees, 39mm, 20.50g (W 1714, this piece illustrated; MI II, 517/72; E 537). Excess of metal on reverse rim, otherwise very fine and toned £60-£80
Hammer Price: £110
Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, uniface lead trial, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], Mercury standing, wearing petasus, bull at left and sleeping man at right, scrolled border, 46mm, 20.38g (cf. W 1354; cf. D & W 86/295). A later striking from the die in rusted state, very fine and extremely rare £140-£180
Hammer Price: £100
Theatre and Entertainment, COVENT GARDEN, Theatre Royal, Second Theatre, 1809, copper, new theatre covent garden and date around box, rev. p[rince’s side], 29mm, 9.12g (W 140, this piece illustrated; D & W 12/127). Very fine, patinated £70-£90
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