TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS 1176
Uncertain attribution, shell cards and buttons (4), c. 1910, male head left with feather head-dress, RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE GUADELOUPE ET DEPENDENCES around (3), revs. Belgic lion, L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE, 2 CENT around, 20mm, 1.23g/12h (Rulau 40 var), blank (2), as button shanks, both 20mm, 1.63g, 1.11g (Rulau 40 var; Byrne 574); crude male head left with feather head-dress, RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE GUADELOUPE ET DEPENDENCES around, rev. globe, new coins around, 20mm, 1.19g/12h (Rulau 42) [4]. Fine and better
£10-20
Provenance: First bt K. Stephens 1985; third and fourth bt W.H. Pheatt
1181
L.D. Baker Fruit Co (Port Antonio), uniface brass, by American Railway Supply Inc (New York), L.D.B. incuse under maker’s name, 19mm, 2.15g (Lyall 280; Ford 632 [= Tankersley 333]). Pierced as issued, fine, very rare; the earliest Jamaican fruit tally
£80-100 Provenance: Bt R.B. Barker. 1177
Uncertain attribution, octagonal white metal 2 Francs, crossed flags dividing crown and AVB or AMB monogram, rev. value, 35mm, 19.58g/12h (Rulau 27; Byrne 561, this piece). Surface verdigris, fine to very fine
£30-50
Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 561
Lorenzo Dow Baker (1840-1908), b. Wellfleet, Mass., clipper owner, founded the company in 1880, buying bananas in the Port Antonio and Bowden areas and selling them in Boston. The business quickly expanded into the Boston Fruit Co in 1885 and, after a later merger, into the United Fruit Co in 1899
Jamaica Banana and Fruit Trade Work Tallies 1182 1178
Albion Estate (St Mary), uniface oval brass, c. 1920, ALBION, 28 x 23 mm, 4.60g (Lyall 219; Ford 630; Tankersley 330). Pierced as issued, fine, rare
£30-50 Provenance: Bt R. Brandon.
Albion Estate, owned by Emma Silvera (née Benbow), husband of Herbert Chandos Athias Silvera.
Many of the banana tallies in this collection carry Lyall attribution numbers on easily removable adhesive labels on their backs
Ballards Valley Estate (St Mary), zinc (2), both stamped R, both 29mm, 1.90g, 1.87g (Lyall 283; Ford 634; Tankersley 336); octagonal aluminium, zinc and tin-plated, all stamped G, 27 x 25mm, 27 x 22mm, 26 x 26mm, 1.83g, 0.75g, 1.90g (Lyall 284; Ford 634; Tankersley 336); H.A. Bolton (Portland), uniface brass, stamped H.A.B., 21mm, 2.58g (Lyall 286; Ford 636, this piece; Tankersley –) [6]. Generally fine, last pierced by Standard Fruit Co in the 1930s and scratched on the back but very rare £40-60
Provenance: *Last R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 636; others bt R.A. Brandon.
Ballards Valley Estate; the letters R and G may relate to R.O. Girling who acquired the estate in 1948. Henry A. Bolton, recorded as owner of the Hart Hill 1 estate in 1905
1179
Atlantic Fruit Co, brass (28), all stamped
A.F.CO, different styles, some with DC [Doctors’ Cove], MB [? Montego Bay] and M8 post-1931 countermarks, punch and drill holes, all 20mm (Lyall 220 (2, one with V countermark on reverse), 221, 222, 223 (3), 224, 225, 226, 227, 228 (2), 229, 231, 233, 234, 235, 236 (2), 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243; Ford 631; Tankersley 331) [28]. Generally fine £50-70
Provenance: Several bt R. Brandon.
Atlantic Fruit Co, founded in 1905 by Joseph di Giorgio, became a limited liability concern in 1923 and was sold to the Banana Co Ltd of Jamaica, a subsidiary of Standard Fruit & Steamship Co, in 1931
1183
Boston Fruit Co, brass (7), all stamped
B.F.CO, circular (4), all 18mm, 1.79g, 1.72g (both Lyall 287), countermarked H [Hermitage], 1.77g (Lyall 289; Ford 637; Tankersley 337), countermarked K [Kildare], 1.65g (Lyall 290; Ford 637; Tankersley 337); octagonal, 18mm, 1.84g (Lyall 292; Ford 637, this piece; Tankersley 337); square (2) both 19mm, 2.25g, 2.29g (Lyall 293 [2, second countermarked with X]; Ford 637; Tankersley 337) [7]. Pierced as issued, generally fine, last rare
£80-100
Provenance: Third bt R.A. Brandon 1990; fifth R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 637 (part).
The Boston Fruit Co, founded in 1885 by Lorenzo Baker and others, merged into the United Fruit Co in 1899
1180
Atlantic Fruit Co, brass (26), similar, different styles, some with DC [Doctors’ Cove], MB [? Montego Bay] and M8 post-1931 countermarks, punch and drill holes, various sizes, 20-24mm (Lyall 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255 (2), 256, 257, 259, 260 (2), 261, 262 (2, one with punch hole and DC on back), 263, 264 (3, one with MB on back), 265, 267, 268; Ford 631; Tankersley 331); Atlantic Fruit Co Ltd, brass (8), similar, different styles, including DC [Doctors’ Cove], MB [? Montego Bay] and M8 post-1931 countermarks, punch and drill holes, various sizes, 20-25mm (Lyall 269, 270, 271, 272, 273 (2, one with lettering half-offset), 274, 277; Ford 631; Tankersley 331) [34]. Generally fine, 259 and 262 variant very rare
£60-80 Provenance: Several bt D. Megill Additional lot images may be found on our website
1184
Brimmer Hall Estate (St Mary), square iron bracteate, stamped BH, 25 x 24mm, 1.79g (Lyall 295; Ford 638; Tankersley 338); octagonal iron, stamped B.H, 28mm, 2.38g (Lyall 296; Ford 638; Tankersley 338); aluminium, stamped B, 26mm, 1.67g (Lyall 297; Ford 638; Tankersley 338) [3]. Fine
£20-30 Provenance: Second and third bt R.A. Brandon.
Brimmer Hall estate was owned by Atlantic Fruit Co prior to their takeover in 1931
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