TICKETS AND PASSES Railways
1027 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, 1023
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway, c. 1831, a bronze ticket or pass, unsigned, locomotive pulling train to right, barge in foreground, rev. ROYAL WILLIAM LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE CLASS NO. 1, 41mm (D & W 326/20; E 1253; Moyaux 2; Holland p.30). Small stain in upper reverse field, otherwise about extremely fine
£100-150 Provenance: S.A. Holland Collection [bt Format December 1990].
The Gloucester & Cheltenham Railway originated as a tram road built in 1811 to carry stone from Leckhampton quarry to Gloucester docks, with coal the original return cargo. An attempt was made to introduce a passenger service on the route, with two classes, No. 1 and No. 2, but trials were unsuccessful and the scheme halted
Theatre and Entertainment 1024
LONDON, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal, 1796, copper, BOX, rev. cross formed of rings, 27mm, 5.62g (D & W 12/122; MG 214; Noble II, 647); Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, uniface copper, DRURY LANE THEATRE around PIT, back engraved (563), 30mm, 8.51g (D & W 120/226; MG 54; Noble II, 676); octagonal brass, rev. DRESS CIRCLE, 30mm, 6.98g/12h (D & W 21/237); Strand, Lyceum, Theatre Royal, English Opera House, uniface copper, BOX, 37mm, 12.17g (D & W –; Mitchiner 5720; Noble II, 702) [4]. Good fine
£70-100
Provenance: Second Sir Henry Irving Collection, Christie’s Auction, 14-15 December 1905, lot unspecified, T.K. Mackenzie Collection, Glendining Auction, 11-12 April 1922, lot 342 (part)
Northampton,
Northampton Theatre, silver, ERECTED 1805, rev. wreath of palm and oak, un-numbered, 38mm, 20.93g/12h (D & W 37/397; MG 429; Noble II, 725). Very fine and dark-toned, rare
£120-150
1028
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Private Theatre [1796], copper, by W. Mossop, robed figures of Tragedy, Comedy and Lyric supporting scroll, rev. un-named, 35mm, 17.72g/12h (D & W 5/40; Gilbert 14; Frazer p.451; cf. T. Millett FPL 2007, 78; cf. Baldwin FPL 1995, 274; cf. DNW M5, 1079). Minor rim and surface marks, otherwise very fine and patinated, rare
£100-150
Dissatisfaction among certain of the nobility and gentry in Dublin with the way affairs were being conducted at the city’s Theatre Royal led to the establishment in 1796 of a Private Theatre at Fishamble street, under the management of the Earl of Westmeath and Frederick Jones, a theatre promoter and gentleman of independent means from Vesington, co Meath
1025
LONDON, Haymarket, Haymarket Theatre, uniface oval brass, HAYMARKET PIT, back scratched ‘1821’, 37 x 37mm, 9.58g (D & W –;MG 175). Minor surface marks, otherwise about very fine, very rare; set in double gold surround mount with loop for suspension
£200-250
1026
LONDON, Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, 1776, uniface copper, BOX above central ornament, sprig of leaves below, ornamented border, 32mm, 13.16g (D & W 19/203;MG 18 var; Noble II, 670). Minor surface marks, otherwise about very fine, very rare; set in double gold surround mount with loop for suspension
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