Tokens from the late David Griffiths Collection (Part VIII) 977 plain, 31mm, 13.23g/12h (Hawkins –; cf. TCS Auction 2017, 96). Good very fine, very rare


Provenance: Bt Format STAFFORDSHIRE, Wolverhampton, Daniel Smith & Co, 1905, bronze, coining press, rev. MINTING MACHINERY, etc, edge


£40-£50


978


SUSSEX, Chichester, G.C. Kent, 1912, brass (2), by A. Miesch, Justice standing, holding scales over a shield inscribed 12/6, revs. SUBSCRIBERS RECEIPT FIRST PUBLICATION ON THE VALUE OF TOKENS, etc, both 23mm, 5.48g/12h, 5.22g/12h (KR 915; W –) [2]. Extremely fine


£10-£20 Provenance: First bt S.E. Schwer March 1980.


G.C. Kent, proprietor of the Pavilion Curio Shoppe, 25 Market street, Brighton; the ticket publicises his book, British Metallic Coins and Tradesmen’s Tokens with their values, from 1600-1912, published by T.G. Willis & Co, 21 East street, Chichester


979


WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, illuminated Appreciations (2), by the Borough of Birmingham on behalf of the Health Committee, ‘that the best thanks of this Committee be given to the Chairmen of its Sub Committees – viz… Mr Councillor W.J. Davis, Chairman of the Finance Sub Committee…’, 19 October 1881, 30 October 1882, both signed by G.O. Smith, Town Clerk; together with a typed list of all the members of Birmingham Council, 1880/1; also three ALS to Josiah Cund, 81 Hockley Hill, Birmingham, November 1876, from J. Bennett on behalf of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists &c, London SE, from Joseph Arch and from William Brinsley, regretting their absences from a complimentary dinner given for W.J. Davis to mark his return to the Birmingham School Board, two with original envelopes [6]. Appreciations very fine


£40-£60


Provenance: Birmingham Ephemera associated with the late W.J. Davis, the property of a Lady, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 338.


William John Davis (1848-1934), trade unionist, numismatist and author of The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage; entered the brass trade as an apprentice, 1861, and worked in the Birmingham metal trade until 1882, including a spell with Ralph Heaton & Sons; elected first Secretary General of the National Society of Amalgamated Brassworkers, 1872, and held the post until 1882; town councillor of Birmingham, 1880; H.M. Inspector of Factories, Sheffield, 1883; rejoined the N.S.A.B. 1889; JP 1906; Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of the TUC, 1912. Davis’s principal collection of tokens, catalogued by himself and Arthur Waters, was sold at Sotheby’s in 1901; other groups of coins, medals and tokens were sold piecemeal by auction in several sales between 1906 and 1925. In 1921 he moved permanently from Birmingham and settled in Paris. His death occurred in October 1934. Josiah Cund was the honorary secretary of the Birmingham Labour Association


980


WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, the Certificate from Birmingham Trades Council appointing Mr. W.J. Davis as an Inspector under the Factory Act, signed by Allan Granger, Chairman, Benjamin Church, Secretary, 3 March 1883. Parchment; some slight soiling and crease marks at one edge not affecting the text itself, otherwise very fine, UNIQUE


£60-£80


Provenance: Birmingham Ephemera associated with the late W.J. Davis, the property of a Lady, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 339


981


WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, a group of ALS to W.J. Davis (8), from William Cook, Midland Pin & Rivet Works, Princip street, Birmingham, 5 July 1886, a fellow borough councillor, ‘I shall not let the defeat trouble me…’; from Francis Channing, 40 Eaton Place, SW, 22 April 1892, ‘I have just come across your letter…to the Birmingham Post in reference to Mr Collings’s excuse for voting against my motion…’; from Richard Cadbury, Moor Green, 7 January 1895, ‘I do not think it wise to work independantly of the general body of Liberals…’; from Alfred Hayes, secretary of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, 19 March 1895, asking ‘if you will…read…a paper on “Old Birmingham Medals” before the members…during the session 1895-96’; from Philip Stanhope, Carlton Gardens, SW, 2 July 1895, enclosing a donation; from Sam Timmins, Newquay, 14 September 1895; from John Burns, Lavender Hill, Battersea (2), undated [post-1892] and 2 November 1893, requesting a copy of the Proceedings of the Trade Union Congress held in Birmingham in 1869; together with a typed letter from James Herbert, Liberal Central Association, 41 Parliament street, SW, 11 April 1905, ‘Brighton was colossal…the rot has now spread…in the Tory party and every day increases the majority with which we shall come in at the General Election. I wish you were coming into the House.’ [9]. An interesting group


£100-£150


Provenance: Birmingham Ephemera associated with the late W.J. Davis, the property of a Lady, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 341


982


WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, National Society of Amalgamated Brassworkers, 1890, medals (2), bright brass and copper, by W.J. Davis, first unsigned, second signed D in obv. exergue, front elevation of the Society’s headquarters, revs. BONUS OBTAINED 1872, GREAT ARBITRATION 1879, etc, edges plain, both 38mm, 22.98g/12h, 23.50g/12h (W 3021; BHM 3404) [2]. First lightly spotted, otherwise extremely fine, second better and with full original colour Provenance: Second bt S.E. Schwer January 1981


£100-£150


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