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Gardens, TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, ST JAMES’S, St James’s Square, silver, unsigned, equestrian statue of William III left, rev. morning & evening within olive and palm branches, 35mm, 14.51g (W 1342; D & W 82/261). Obverse rather marked, otherwise fine to very fine, extremely rare £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection; bt Baldwin August 1991.

The garden at St James’s Square was established in 1726. Its principal feature is an equestrian statue of William III, erected in 1808