The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Cole Danehower (Part II)


52


Old Jewry, Henry Pelling, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.78g/6h (N 7456; BW. 2151), Tho. Walker, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.19g/3h (N –; BW. 2154); Panyer Alley [Paternoster Row], Edw. Foster, Halfpenny, 1.92g/6h (N –; BW. 2180) [3]. About very fine £90-£120


Provenance: N 7456 bt Spink; BW. 2154 bt Baldwin October 1991; *BW. 2180 found in the R. Thames, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 123 (part) [from M. Chapple August 1983]


53


Provenance: *N 7467 bt Baldwin 1993; D 2192A F. Sedgwick Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 39 Paul’s Chain [St Paul’s Churchyard], A.A. AT YE CASTLE TAVERN, Farthing, [16]57, 0.87g/9h (N –; D 2192A); Paul’s Wharf


[Upper Thames Street], M.M.B. AT YE NEXT BOAT, Halfpenny, 2.57g/9h (N 7467; BW. 2196) [2]. Good fine, first very rare £140-£180


54


Provenance: F. Sedgwick Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 41 Pissing Alley [St Paul’s Churchyard], Tho. Gelding, Farthing, 0.78g/3h (N –; D 2253A). Some surface discolouration,


otherwise good fine, ‘river’ patina, very rare £100-£150


55


Provenance: Found in the R. Thames; bt Baldwin Porter’s Quay [The Tower], Rich. Smith, Halfpenny, 2.22g/6h (N –; BW. 2259). Good fine, very rare


£90-£120


56


The Postern [Moorfields], Rob. Mills, Farthing, 1.41g/7h (N 7478; BW. 2267); Poultry, T[homas] D[yott], Farthing, 0.96g/6h (N 7484; BW. 2273); Pudding Lane [Lower Thames Street], B[rian] A[ppleby], Farthing, 1657, 0.84g/9h (N 7487; BW. 2283), Thomas Farener, Halfpenny, 1668, 2.20g/12h (N 5034a, this piece; BW. Surrey 257), M.F. AT THE DARKE HOVSE, Farthings, 1651 (2), 1.00g/6h, 0.82g/6h (N 5035a, 5035b, these pieces; BW. Surrey 256), W.I.P. AT THE BLACK BVLL, Farthing, 0.89g/6h (N 7486; BW. 2285) [7]. N 7478 fair, N 7487 very fine, others about fine and better, N 5034 and 7486 with ‘river’ patina


£180-£220


Provenance: N *5034 and 5035 at 0.82g Norweb Collection [from Baldwin]; N 5035 at 1.00g R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; N 7478 Baldwin Auction 52, 25 September 2007, lot 751 (part); N 7484 bt Baldwin; N 7486 found in the R. Thames, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 126 (part) [from R.A. Shuttlewood January 1983]; N 7487 found in the R. Thames at Billingsgate, bt Baldwin.


For the attribution of N 5034 and 5035 to Pudding Lane from Rotherhithe Lane, see Everson, p.92, and Thompson, ‘A token of the London baker whose oven sparked the Great Fire’, SNC 2005, pp. 315-16. By reputation, the Great Fire is believed to have started at Farener’s premises on 2 September 1666


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