Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection 624
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
Provenance: Bt June 2018. Adelphi Tavern, 18 Adam street, opened 1772 625
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
Provenance:W1781 bt S.H. Monks March 2016;W1782 R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T8, 6 October 2010, lot 543 (part) [from R. Grellman March 1982], bt D. Stuart February 2014; W 1783 bt M.C.S. Rasmussen April 2016.
The Society of Bucks, a quasi-masonic convivial club, comprised 11 united lodges in London. Their principal places of meeting were the Castle Inn, Moorgate, the Pewter Platter in Hatton Garden and the Horn Tavern, Doctor’s Commons
626
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
Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 943 (part) [from Baldwin 1992]; bt R. Gladdle September 2015
Commerce
627
Provenance: Bt March 2006 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 Education 628
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
Provenance: Bt S.H. Monks November 2004. The Library was opened in 1850
Exhibitions and Museums 629 630 rev. BAKER STREET PORTMAN SQUARE around value, 37mm, 14.60g (W 1041, note; D & W 82/265). Very fine, unissued £30-£40
Provenance: Bt November 2012 BAKER STREET, Madame Tussaud & Sons, brass Shilling [c. 1850], MADAME TUSSAUD & SONS EXHIBITION, centre unstamped,
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 Provenance: Bt August 2004.
John Theodore Tussaud, RSA (1858-1943), great-grandson of Marie Tussaud (1761-1850), manager and chief artist at the waxworks, author of The Romance of Madame Tussaud’s (New York, 1920)
631
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 Provenance: Bt S.H. Monks June 2008.
£40-£60
To raise funds for the repair and restoration of Marylebone Church, a bazaar was staged in November 1887 in the Portman Rooms on Baker street and a portion of the old Marylebone Gardens restaged there
www.dnw.co.uk all lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to buyers’ premium at 24% (+VAT where applicable)
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150
