Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection

Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, Britannia, silver, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], Britannia standing left, holding spear, offering hand to semi-kneeling muse, shield at right, tamen inter arma below, back named (Mr Ellis), 40 x 34mm, 9.58g (W 1373, and p.188, this piece illustrated; D & W –). Very fine and toned, very rare; with integral loop for suspension £600-800

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: O.F. Parsons Collection, Baldwin Auction 12, 27 May 1997, lot 1011 [from A.C. Eimer January 1980]; bt Baldwin June 1998