Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection Miscellaneous
695
MARYLEBONE, Marylebone Penny Readings, oval copper-washed fob, crowned Garter inscribed THE MARYLEBONE PENNY READINGS around MPR cypher, 30 x 22mm, 18.08g (W –); Ally Sloper’s Club, brass, SLOPER’S CLUB NOT TRANSFERABLE, ornament below, stamped 2583, rev. hatted figure left, ALLY SLOPER’S HALF HOLIDAY around, 32mm, 9.66g (W 1891); Prof. Andre’s Alpine Choir, brass, bust left, rev. MATRIMONIAL SOCIETY around NO TIPPLER NEED APPLY, 24mm, 4.30g (W 1116); SURREY, Esher, Sandown Park Club, 1953, a gilt and enamel badge by J.R. Gaunt, back stamped 422, 33 x 28mm [4]. Very fine and better; second and third pierced for suspension, last with original multicoloured cord
£30-£40 Provenance: First bt S.H. Monks October 2008; second bt June 2011; third bt May 2015; last bt September 1999.
The Marylebone Penny Readings, instituted in 1867 and conducted by Henry Weston Taylor, were held at the Harrow Road Hall in Cromwell terrace, Bayswater. By 1869 Taylor was having to answer local critics who accused him of not keeping proper accounts
Outside London and Travelling Circuses
696
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Manders’ Menagerie, brass by H. Pasley, MANDERS’ GRAND STAR MENAGERIE around FEEDING TICKET, rev. WM monogram in olive wreath, 41mm, 17.54g (W 965; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.134, this piece; D &W91/343). Die flaw on reverse, some scratches on obverse, otherwise very fine
£60-£80
Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 752 (part) [from S. E. Schwer 1984]; bt L. McCarthy November 2002.
Based in Liverpool, the menagerie owned by William James Manders (1821-71) since 1851 travelled in 15 caravans; the main attraction were the lions, for which an extra charge was made for feeding them in the form of one of these tickets. After Manders’ death his widow, Sarah, carried on the business but the assets were sold off in 1880
697
INVERNESS-SHIRE, Fort Augustus, Gordon Cummings, Two Shillings, copper, COURAGE on banner above lion rampant left, GORDON CUMMINGS WILD SPORTS around, rev. value between ornamental panels, 36mm, 17.86g (W 993, this piece illustrated). Some nicks and marks, otherwise about very fine, rare Provenance: Bt L. McCarthy November 2002.
£80-£100
Roualeyn Gordon Cummings (1820-66), second son of Sir William Gordon-Cummings of Gordonstoun; educ. Eton; Cornet, 4th Madras Light Cavalry, 1838; resigned his commission 1840; became a professional game hunter, firstly in North America, then in Africa; established a private museum at Fort Augustus, 1858
698
MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Cooke’s Royal Circus, uniface brass by T. Pope, COOKE’S ROYAL CIRCUS around GALLERY, 32mm, 7.48g (W 958). Old handling mark, otherwise good very fine, rare
£80-£100
Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 751 (part) [from S. E. Schwer 1984]; bt L. McCarthy November 2002.
Cooke’s Royal Circus, originally founded in the 1780s, had ‘acquired’ the royal suffix in 1830 following an audience with William IV and Queen Adelaide. By 1835 it was based in Edinburgh and undertook an American tour in 1836-8. This ticket was probably produced while the Circus was managed by John Henry Cooke (1837-1917), who took over the family business in 1866; it closed in 1908
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