Worcestershire Tokens from the Collection of the late John Whitmore

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Stourbridge, Haws, brass bracteate, 25mm, 0.78g; Stourport-on-Severn, W. Weaver, brass, eg, 22mm, 2.73g/3h; Wilden, Wilden Tin Works CISL, bracteate brass 10 Shillings, 29mm, 1.90g (Rains –); Witley, Witley Court Gardens, octagonal aluminium Sixpence, ep, 27mm, 1.95g/12h [4]. Second poor, others very fine £30-£40

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Worcestershire Tokens from the Collection of the late John Whitmore.

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First bt J.G. Scott.

Haws, manufacturers of garden equipment, Tala Works; Wilden Tin Works, which closed in 1948 but had origins dating back to the first half of the 17th century, was acquired by E.P. & W. Baldwin in the mid-19th century, and the future prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, was employed there from 1888, maintaining his connections with it until he became MP for Bewdley in 1908; Witley Court Gardens was the 1850s creation of William Andrews Nesfield (1793-1881), working for Lord Dudley Ward (1817-85)