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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
Circuses, LAMBETH, Astley’s Amphitheatre, William Batty, uniface brass, wm. batty late astley’s amphitheatre, half pit price stamped in centre, 39mm, 10.62g (W 83, this piece illustrated; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.117, this piece). Somewhat spotted, otherwise fine, very rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £95
Clubs and Societies, ST JAMES’S, The Constitutional Club, Life Member, oval brass, legend, rev. arms and supporters, 50 x 40mm, 26.25g (W –). Good very fine; pierced for suspension £20-£30
Hammer Price: £40
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
Clubs and Societies, STRAND, Adelphi Society, oval silver, clasped hands, undeb a brawd garwch, rev. the adelphi society instituted 1780, 35 x 28mm, 14.02g (W 2108; cf. Baldwin 61, 540). Lacquered, otherwise fine to very fine; crudely pierced for suspension £60-£80
Hammer Price: £65
Clubs and Societies, Society of Bucks, 1796, copper, unsigned [by W. Lutwyche], stag, rev. plough, edge grained, 7.73g/12h (W 1782; D & W 152/394; DH Middlesex 1041e); Lutwyche’s mule Halfpenny, 1797, copper, stag, rev. Britannia, edge payable in london, 10.80g/6h (W 1783; D & W 152/395; DH 1042a); silver, unsigned [by J. Westwood], stag, rev. plough, edge plain, 28mm, 7.39g/12h (W 1781; D & W 152/396; DH 1043) [3]. Varied state, last rare £90-£120
Hammer Price: £90
Clubs and Societies, Uncertain location, 1788, white metal, clasped hands, union above, date below, rev. similar, 25mm, 5.39g (W –; D & W –). Very fine and very rare; worthy of further research £60-£80
Hammer Price: £55
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
Hammer Price: £300
Education, COVENT GARDEN, Long Acre, brass, st martin in the fields library and reading room for the working classes, rev. northern schools castle st long acre around central tablet, stamped No.90, 31mm, 9.62g (W 2786, this piece illustrated). Very fine £30-£40
Exhibitions and Museums, BAKER STREET, Madame Tussaud & Sons, brass Shilling [c. 1850], madame tussaud & sons exhibition, centre unstamped, rev. baker street portman square around value, 37mm, 14.60g (W 1041, note; D & W 82/265). Very fine, unissued £30-£40
Exhibitions and Museums, BAKER STREET, Madame Tussaud & Sons, Exhibition, Admit Two (Bank Holidays excepted), a printed card with perforated Admit Two to Extra Rooms, signed by John T. Tussaud, 124 x 95mm (Young, Entertainments, p.42, this item). Very fine £20-£30
Hammer Price: £30
Exhibitions and Museums, MARYLEBONE, Portman Rooms, 1887, brass, admit one and date, un-numbered, rev. bazaar portman rooms november, 38 x 30mm, 9.78g (W 1030). Good very fine; with integral loop for suspension £40-£60
Hammer Price: £25
Exhibitions and Museums, MUSWELL HILL, Alexandra Palace, oval engraved silver, alexandra palace muswell hill around pass, rev. alexandra palace co limited, named (M.B. Samson Esq), 35 x 24mm, 8.78g (W 1001, this piece). Some scratches in centre of reverse, otherwise about very fine, very rare £90-£120
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
Hammer Price: £400
Exhibitions and Museums, STRAND, Gilbert Pidcock, Halfpenny, brass, elephant, rev. two-headed cow, edge plain, 9.44g/6h (DH Middlesex 422). About very fine, dulled, rare £40-£50
Hammer Price: £80
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
Hammer Price: £200
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
Gambling, CORNHILL, Richardson, Goodluck & Co, New State Lottery, 5 September 1803, printed publicity sheet detailing the Scheme, offering 24,000 tickets at a total value of £210,000, prizes to be paid two months after the drawing ends, in full, or on demand, the verso detailing the Capital Prizes sold by the firm in 1802, 220 x 140mm, together with a wooden printer’s block depicting the obv. of their Halfpenny, 1795, 45mm; Pidding & Co, State Lottery of 8,000 Tickets, 4 March 1814, printed a...
Hammer Price: £100
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, 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, 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
Gardens, CHELSEA, Cremorne House and Gardens, uniface zinc, cremorne house, 910 stamped in centre, 36mm, 8.94g (W 1307; D & W 67/168). Fine, rare £30-£40
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
Gardens, KEW, Royal Botanical Gardens, a park-keeper’s set of five brass keys, different lengths between 80mm and 150mm, on a key ring with a named tag. 60mm [Lot]. Fine for this material, interesting £30-£40
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
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, 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
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
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
Hammer Price: £260
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
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
Hammer Price: £220
Hospitals, SOHO, Royal Infirmary for Children, copper, unsigned [after P. Wyon], seated female with three children being offered a cup by Hygeia, rev. royal infirmary for children established 26 april 1820 in six lines, 33mm, 13.00g (W 2693; D & W 156/433; BHM 1065). Good fine and patinated, scarce £40-£50
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
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
Hammer Price: £280
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
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
Refreshment and Accommodation, ISLINGTON, Highbury Barn Tavern, Sixpences (2), octagonal zinc, highbury barn gardens islington, rev. refreshments sixpence, 30mm, 8.39g (W 1320; Hayes 121a), white metal, highbury barn, rev. refreshments sixpence, 26mm, 8.88g (W 1324, this piece illustrated; D & W 75/217; Hayes 121c); uniface white metal, highbury barn tavern, 33mm, 9.05g (W 1323; Hayes 121) [3]. Last very fine, others fine or better £40-£60
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
Religion, LEICESTER SQUARE, The Oratory, John Henley, copper, 1726, facing half-length figure indicating text in a book, inveniam viam avt faciam around, i[ohn] h[enley] in exergue, rev. the oratory and date to left, sta sol to right, Joshua commanding a rayed sun to stand still, for in exergue, 32mm, 13.91g (W 2454, this piece illustrated; D & W 79/240; MI II, 465/79; Young, Entertainments, p.26, this piece). Extremely fine and patinated, extremely rare £200-£260
£200–£260
Theatre and Entertainment, ALDWYCH, Aldwych Theatre, uniface iron, stamped aldwych theatre around tons of money, 27mm, 1.30g (W 923); DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, Fourth Theatre, 1888, brass, augustus harris company every evening around 1888 the armada 1588, rev. great drury lane drama, two ships and rowing boat, 25mm, 5.68g (W 238; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.34, this piece); LAMBETH, Ideal Cinema, 1928, brass, façade of building, rev. the ideal penny, this is worth a penny at the pay-box only...
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