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Sold on 13 December 2006

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Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway

Barry Greenaway

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№ 1141

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13 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£150

Bath, County Wine Vaults, H[enry] Lavington, brass, rev. any persons using this check otherwise than for the urinal at the county wine vaults are liable to prosecution, ep, 31mm, 7.77g/12h (SPHT 32), H.C. Lavington & Son, brass, rev. similar, ep, 31mm, 8.31g/12h (SPHT 32b; WC p.311); Cremorne Pleasure Gardens, T[homas] Osmond, brass Three-Halfpence by T. Pope, rev. value, eg, 27mm, 5.52g/12h (SPHT 33; D & W 44/7) [3]. Very fine (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway.

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First only illustrated. County Wine Vaults, Westgate street, proprietors Henry Charles Lavington 1895-1907, H.C. Lavington & Son 1907-26; these checks served as a pass to allow access to the toilets, which…were next door (SPHT p.14). Cremorne Pleasure Gardens, Villa Fields, Bathwick, proprietor Thomas Osmond 1862-87