Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection Circuses
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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 Provenance: Bt T. Millett March 2009.
£600-£800 Astley’s Amphitheatre, opened in 1773 by riding school proprietor Philip Astley (†1814), was located in Westminster Bridge road
621
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 Provenance: Bt June 2004.
£80-£100 William Batty (1801-68), was the proprietor from 1842 to 1853 Clubs and Societies 622
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 Provenance: Gift of P.D.S. Waddell October 2005.
£20-£30
The Constitutional Club, always closely allied to the Conservative party, was founded in 1883, and until 1959 was based at 28 Northumberland avenue. Later it occupied rooms, firstly in the Junior Carlton Club and then the United Services Club, before acquiring premises of its own on the corner of St. James's street and Pall Mall. By the mid-1970s membership had dwindled to under 1,000 and it closed in 1979
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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 Provenance: Bt S.H. Monks October 2014.
£100-£150
The Union Club, founded in 1799 ‘when the Union of the Parliament of England and Ireland was in agitation’ met at Cumberland House, Pall Mall, the former residence of the Duke of Cumberland. Early members were the Dukes of Bedford and Norfolk, Charles Fox, Sir Francis Burdett and the theatrical impresario Richard Sheridan. In subsequent years the Club was based in St James’s square, Regent street, Cockspur street and finally at 10-11 Carlton House terrace. It closed in 1964 and its membership admitted to the United Services Club
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