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Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 497

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Kerman & Co, copper, 22mm (W 6140; Todd 149). Some grazes in fields both sides, otherwise about very fine and patinated, very rare £120-£150 --- Provenance: Bt S.E. Schwer 1980+

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Lot 498

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, J. Kerrigan, uniface brass Twopence, 27mm (Rice 219A, this piece illustrated; Woodside 4, this piece; Todd –). Good fine, very rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt 1993. J. Kerrigan, spirit merchant, 109 and later 112 Great Brunswick street

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Lot 499

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, McCullagh’s [Hubert Brisco], copper Twopence by Parkes [1876-87], 23mm (Rice 253; Todd 172). About extremely fine, original colour, rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt M. Eden 1991. Robert McCullagh, grocer, 1 Moore street, 1871-2; his premises, probably known historically as McCullagh’s, were taken over by Hubert Brisco, vintner, fl. 1873-83

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Lot 5

Coins, William I, Penny, Sword type [BMC VI], Salisbury, Cihtwine, cnihtpine on sier, 1.22g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012 and 2016, –; N 846; S 1255). Broken and skilfully repaired, piece missing from edge, otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare £200-£300 --- Provenance: Bt M.P. Senior January 2012. The moneyer appears unattested at Salisbury for this class, but it is thought that at least two type VII coins by him are extant (one in the Henry Clark sale of 1898, the other EMC 1300.0307). Cihtwine appears to have been more active at Shaftesbury, where his coins of types V to VIII are known (BMC I, p.ccxxxiv)

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Lot 50

17th Century Tokens, Purton, Edward Saunders, Farthing, 0.68g/12h (N 5531; D 157A). Fair, very rare £80-£100 --- Provenance: W.D. Gilbert Collection; N. Bagshawe Collection, Glendining Auction, 3 November 2000, lot 867 (part); bt N.A. Clark August 2007. Edward Saunders, grocer

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Lot 500

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, J[oseph] M[iller], copper Twopence by Parkes [1861-72], 22mm (Rice 241; Todd 160). Obverse smoothed, fine, rare £60-£80 --- Joseph Miller, spirit merchant, 21 Duke street, 1859-61

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Lot 501

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, North Circular Road Tavern, J.B., brass Twopence by Parkes [1865-72], 27mm (Rice 292; Todd 13). Edge knocks, about fine, rare £60-£80 --- Provenance: Bt S. Byrne 1992. The name of the issuer has not been traced from the directories

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Lot 502

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, M[ichael] Scallan, copper Twopence by Parkes [1861-72], 23mm (Rice 349; Todd 221). Good fine, very rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt 2016. Michael Scallan, grocer and ship builder, 35 Sir John Rogerson’s quay, 1857-79

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Lot 503

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Glasnevin, Botanic House, copper Twopence by Parkes [1876-87], 28.5mm (Rice 33A1, Supplement, this piece; Woodside 13, this piece; Todd –). Some surface marks, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: Bt O’Neill 1993. Botanic House, 22-6 Botanic road

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Lot 505

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co DUBLIN, Rathfarnham and Dublin, James Tunny, copper Twopence by Parkes [1861-72], 22mm (Rice 375; Todd 230). Good fine, rare £90-£120 --- Provenance: Bt 2016. James Tunny, 19 Patrick street, grocer and spirit dealer, 1856-62

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Lot 510

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co LONDONDERRY, Londonderry, S.M. K[ennedy] & Co, uniface brass 1/6 (2, one toned), 1/4, all 25mm; Londonderry Bottle Co, zinc One Pint, 30mm; Londonderry Port & Harbour, One Load of Ballast, brass, 25mm (cf. ‘Dublinia’ 484) [5]. Fourth fine, others very fine, last rare £80-£100 --- Provenance: First two bt 2016; third bt A. Judd 2016; fourth bt M. Eden 1994; last bt 2002. S.M. Kennedy & Co, shirt manufacturers

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Lot 52

17th Century Tokens, Salisbury, City Farthings, 1659 (3), 1.70g/6h (N 5535; BW. 164), 2.01g/6h (N 5537; BW. 164), 1.97g/6h (N 5538; BW. 164); Roger Bedbury, Farthing, 1664, 0.82g/6h (N 5539; BW. 165); Sam Brixey, Farthing, 0.73g/12h (N 5540; D 165A); George Clemens, Farthing, 1664, 0.89g/12h (N 5541; BW. 167); William Clemens, Farthing, 1664, 0.49g/6h (N –; D 167A); Henry Cole, Farthing, 1653, 1.05g/6h (N 5542; BW. 168); William Courtney, Halfpenny, 1670, 1.42g/12h (N 5543; BW. 169); John Cragge, Farthing, 1.03g/6h (N 5544; BW. 188) [10]. About fine and better, some rare, especially N 5540 £200-£300 --- Provenance: N 5544 C.M. Rowe Collection, bt N.A. Clark August 2007. N 5540 only illustrated. Roger Bedbury, innholder, The George, married Amy Westlake 1633; Sam Brixey, haberdasher; George Clemens, innholder, The Dragon, mayor 1687; William Clemens, mercer, mayor 1684; Henry Cole, innholder, The Saracen’s Head, Blue Boar row; William Courtney, bookbinder; John Cragge, grocer

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Lot 526

17th Century Tokens, Co CORK, Cork, under Commonwealth authority, Farthing, 1.47g/9h (N 6197; Macalister 137; BW. 203). Mediocre but clear, rare £60-£80 --- Provenance: SCMB November 1983 (M 233)

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Lot 527

17th Century Tokens, Co CORK, Cork, City Farthings, 1659 (2), 3.06g/12h (N 6203; M 135c; BW. 201), 2.69g/6h (N 6208; M 135ff; BW. 201), William Ballard, Penny, 1677, 2.84g/9h (N 6213; M 138; BW. 205), Kinsale, Corporation Penny, 1677, 8.36g/9h (N 6300; M 377; BW. 547); Co KERRY, Dingle, Town Penny, 1679, 3.34g/8h (N –; M 145; BW. 216) [5]. Varied state, last rare £50-£100 --- Provenance: N 6203 at 3.06g T.S. Agnew Collection [from Seaby 1954], bt Seaby 1986; N 6203 at 2.69g bt Seaby April 1986; N 6213 bt Seaby 1984; N 6300 with Seaby 1979, bt Seaby 1985; BW. 216 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 879 (part), T.S. Agnew Collection, Sotheby Auction, 1-2 October 1987, lot 127 (part), bt S.H. Monks 1995

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Lot 528

17th Century Tokens, Co DOWN, Bangor, James Clealand, Penny, 1.02g/6h (N –; M 56; BW. 74); Co MEATH, Trim, Gideon Hayne, Penny, 2.42g/12h (N 6348; M 476; BW. 715); Co MONAGHAN, Carrickmacross, W[illiam] B[arton], Penny, when yov please ile chainge thes, 3.66g/12h (N –; M 98; BW. 142); Co TIPPERARY, Cashel, Edward Mihill, Penny, 1.65g/12h (N –; M 103; BW. 150) [4]. Varied state, first rare £50-£70 --- Provenance: N 6348 bt M.J. Dickinson 1987; BW. 74 bt S.H. Monks December 2005; BW. 142 bt May 2006; BW. 150 bt Seaby 1983

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Lot 529

17th Century Tokens, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Richard Cooke, Penny, 3.01g/12h (N –; M 203; BW. 301); Lewis Des Mynieres, Pennies (2), 1.50g/6h (N 6229; M 208; BW. 309), 3.06g/12h (N 6230; M 209; BW. 310); William Hulme, Penny, 1.37g/12h (N 6264; M 235a; BW. 348); John Seawell, Penny, 1.59g/9h (N –; M 268b; BW. 387); John Tottie, Penny, 1663, 1.50g/7h (N –; M 280; BW. 403); Samuell Weston, Penny, 1654, 2.20g/6h (N 6234; M 287; BW. 413); Mic Wilson, Halfpence, 1672 (3), 3.86g/12h, 3.76g/3h, 2.33g/6h (N 6235ff; M 290ff; BW. 416) [10]. N 6229 fine, others in varied state, some rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: N 6229 with Seaby 1972, bt M.J. Dickinson 1987; N 6230 and BW. 387 bt S.H. Monks March 1995; N 6234 bt Seaby 1982; N 6235 at 3.86g and 3.76g bt Seaby April 1986; N 6264 bt S.H. Monks July 1996; BW. 301 and 403 bt M.J. Dickinson 1987

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Lot 53

17th Century Tokens, Salisbury, Thomas Cutler Sr, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.63g/12h (N 5545; BW. 172); Thomas Cutler Jr, Halfpence (2), 1666, 2.05g/1h (N 5546; BW. 171), 1668, 0.92g/12h (N –; D 171A); Godderd Elliott, Farthing, 1666, 0.94g/9h (N 5547; BW. 174); Edward Faulconer, Farthing, 1659, 0.71g/6h (N 5548; BW. 176) [5]. D 171A good fine but flan slightly crimped, very rare, others in varied state £150-£200 --- Provenance: *D 171A bt N.A. Clark August 2007. Thomas Cutler Sr, clothier, mayor 1657; Godderd Elliott, grocer, The Close; Edward Faulconer, skinner, burgess 1656, mayor 1686

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Lot 530

17th Century Tokens, Co GALWAY, Galway, Abr[aha]m Christian, Penny, 3.48g/3h (N –; M 315; BW. 459); Dominicke Lynch, Penny, 1665, 0.78g/9h (N 6282; M 327; BW. 473); Ste. Vines, Penny, 1664, 1.73g/12h (N –; M –; BW. 484) [3]. Varied state, last very rare £80-£100 --- Provenance: N 6282 bt Seaby 1984; BW. 459 bt S.H. Monks January 1996; BW. 484 bt R. Jeffery October 1990

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Lot 543

18th Century Tokens, MIDDLESEX, Hackney, Skidmore’s copy of Rebello’s Halfpenny, 1795, church, rev. dar cypher, aplustre and rudder, edge plain, 11.14g/6h (DH 310b). Extremely fine, considerable original colour, rare £90-£120

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Lot 546

18th Century Tokens, FIFE-SHIRE, Kirkcaldy, William Watt, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.95g/12h (DH 11). Very fine and very rare £50-£70

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Lot 550

19th Century Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, S. & C. Younge & Co, One Shilling and Sixpence, 1812, arms in wreath, rev. female seated left, edge grained, 6.96g/6h (D 40). Minor weaknesses on rims and an edge flaw at 6 o’clock, otherwise very fine and toned, extremely rare £300-£400

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Lot 551

19th Century Tokens, YORKSHIRE, Leeds, John Smalpage and S. Lumb, Shilling, 1811, 4.49g/6h (D 23); Sheffield, Overseers, Shilling, 1811, 4.26g/6h (D 67-8), Younge & Deakin, Halfcrown, 1812, 11.91g/12h (D 38), Shilling, 1811, 4.63g/12h (D 57), Sixpence, 1811, 2.02g/12h (D 72) [5]. D 57 about extremely fine and toned, very rare, D 67-8 very fine, others in varied state £100-£150

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Lot 555

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, KENT, Gravesend, an indeterminate Halfpenny-sized blank, planed flat and engraved john harris 3 crowns gravesend, rev. ship sailing right, 1776 below, 7.05g. Very fine and of good style, very rare £80-£100 --- The Three Crowns, 62 West street, established by 1682 and demolished in 1988

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Lot 557

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, LANCASHIRE, [Burnley], U[nited] I[rish] L[eague] C[lub], brass Twopence, 17mm; YORKSHIRE, Batley, United Irish League, Michael Davitt Temperance Branch, brass Penny by Ardill, 25mm, Leeds, O’Brien-Davitt Bank Club, brass Penny, 26mm [3]. Very fine, all very rare £120-£150 --- Provenance: B. Woodside Collection [first from a Burnley resident c. 2000; others bt 2015]

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Lot 564

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis, 1900, bronze, by J.A. Restall, view of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, rev. Davis’ address around when time comes round, christmas box, etc, edge the token coinage of warwickshire, 35mm, 21.30g/12h (W 3019; Bell, 1966, A3; cf. DNW T17, 991). Virtually as struck, rare £80-£100

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Lot 57

17th Century Tokens, Salisbury, Edward Penny, Halfpenny, 1671, 1.69g/6h (N –; BW. 215); Charles Phelps, Farthing, 0.72g/12h (N 5573; BW. 217); J[ohn] Poore, Farthing, 0.89g/6h (N 5583; BW. 218); Tho. Ray, Farthing, 0.53g/12h (N –; D 218A); T[homas] R[iddiall], Farthing, 1657, 1.06g/12h (N 5582; BW. 166); Arther Sanders, Farthing, 1656, 1.03g/6h (N 5576; BW. 223); Henry Seward, Farthing, 0.75g/12h (N 5577, this piece; BW. 225); Simon Rolfe, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.47g/3h (N 5574; BW. 222); Thomas Shergold, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.75g/3h (N 5578; BW. 226); Thomas Tinham, Halfpenny, 1667, 0.88g/12h (N –; D 226A); William Viner, Farthing, 1657, 0.95g/6h (N 5579; BW. 227); Chris Willmott, Farthing, 1666, 1.25g/9h (N 5580; BW. 228) [12]. N 5583 and last four fair, others about fine and better but BW. 215 with attempted piercing, several rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: N 5577 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 149, 15 November 2000, lot 30 (part), bt N.A. Clark August 2007; N 5579 bt N.A. Clark November 2016; *D 218A bt February 2019; D 226A bt N.A. Clark June 2009. Edward Penny, butcher; Charles Phelps, confectioner; John Poore, Barnard’s Cross; Thomas Ray, linen draper, mayor 1652; Arthur Sanders, tobacconist; Henry Seward, grocer; Thomas Shergold, innholder, The Crown; Thomas Tinham, pewterer; William Viner (†1677), vintner, Cheese Cross, mayor 1668; Christopher Willmott (†January 1691/2), clothier, Silver street. At the Trinity Quarter Sessions in Warminster in July 1671 Rolfe, a clothier and a burgess in 1656, was indicted for ‘striking halfpennies...four of which were only worth a penny’; pleading guilty at the subsequent Hilary Quarter Sessions in New Sarum in 1671/2 (OS), he was exonerated (Kempson, BNJ 1973, p.129)

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Lot 574

HAMPSHIRE, Bisley, National Rifle Association, Life Member’s Pass, ivory, bowman and rifleman standing, rev. legend, named (Honble. Gerald Walsh, 1895) ink script below (W. Mackinnon Col, Sec. N.R.A.), 45mm, 9.30g (W 1508). Extremely fine, rare; pierced for suspension £90-£120 --- Gerald Walsh (1864-1925), son of Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite, and Lady Katherine Emily Mary Somerset; General Inspector, Local Government Board; lived at Melton Mowbray. Col. William Mackinnon (†1899), Hythe School of Musketry, first secretary of the National Rifle Association 1890-8. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 581

LONDON, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal, Second Theatre, O.P. [Old Price] Riots, 1809, white metal, unsigned, bust of John Philip Kemble left attired as Shylock, with the ears of an ass, this is the jew which shakespeare drew, etc, rev. what d’ye want o[ld] p[rices] o[pen] b[oxes] & d[eference to] p[ublic] o[pinion] encircled by wreath, trumpet and rattle below, outer legends on raised rim both sides, 44mm, 26.96g (W 167). Very fine and very rare; set in usual brass surround, with loop for suspension £300-£400 --- Provenance: W.J. McKivor Collection. Worn by the ‘Old Price’ rioters at the Theatre during the latter months of 1809. In the wake of the rebuilding of the theatre in 1808, the proprietor John Kemble saw fit to increase prices for the boxes and the pit. A riotous demand for the old pre-1808 prices to be restored ensued, only brought to an end several months later when Kemble agreed to reduce the price of a place in the pit to that which had been previously current

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Lot 583

LONDON, Covent Garden, Royal Italian Opera, ivory (2), both 1863, legend around, named (C. & T. Lucas Esqs.), revs. date above Box 80, 1, Box 80, 2, both signed by J. Parsons, both 37mm, 4.52g, 4.15g (W 161; D & W 15/179) [2]. Very fine, second with small indentation in centre, very rare; both pierced for suspension £400-£500 --- Charles Thomas Lucas, Bt (1820-95) and Sir Thomas Lucas (1822-1902), brothers, b London; C.T. Lucas commenced business as a building contractor in Norwich in the early 1840s and was soon joined by his brother in a venture entitled Lucas Bros in Lowestoft. Involved in much construction work in Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, as well as throughout East Anglia, they were the principal contractors for rebuilding the Covent Garden Theatre under the architect, E.M. Barry, after it was destroyed by fire in 1856. They, and 13 other subscribers, acquired the lease after jointly subscribing some £80,000. Building began in September 1857 and was completed on 8 May 1858 the following year, with much of the joinery completed in Lowestoft and shipped to London by sea. The Covent Garden contract cemented the company’s reputation in the metropolis with the establishment of a factory in Belvedere road, Lambeth, and Lucas Bros subsequently built Cannon Street and Charing Cross stations, the Langham Hotel and the Star and Garter Hotel in Richmond, the Royal Albert Hall and the Floral Hall in Covent Garden, to name but a few. In 1874 the brothers invited the Beaconsfield-based railway, gas and water contractor Sir John Aird, Bt (1833-1911), to join them and the result was three different but allied companies; between them they were involved in many railway contracts throughout England and Scotland and would have constructed the line from Suakin to Berber, but the cessation of the Egyptian conflict in 1886 caused the cancellation of that government contract. Charles Lucas died at his home, Warnham Court, near Horsham, which he acquired in 1866. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 584

LONDON, Covent Garden, Royal Italian Opera, ivory, 1878, legend around, named (C. Lucas Esq), revs. date above Every Night, Stall 216, signed by E. Hall, 36mm, 3.95g (cf. W 162; D & W 16/181). Fine to very fine, very rare; pierced for suspension £150-£200 --- See footnote to previous Lot. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 585

LONDON, Harley Street, Quartett Society, ivory, honour to beethoven quartett society around 41, rev. sr, 37mm, 4.38g (W –; cf. Baldwin 61, 513). Very fine, rare £140-£180 --- The Quartett Society was founded in 1845 by Thomas Alsager (1779-1846), co-owner of The Times. Based at the Beethoven Rooms, 76 Harley street, the first ever performance of a complete cycle of Beethoven quartets was performed over a period of two months from mid-April to mid-June and repeated each year from 1846 to 1851. Sold with further background information. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 586

LONDON, Harley Street, Quartett Society, ivory, honour to beethoven quartett society around 44, rev. sr, 37mm, 3.96g (W –; cf. Baldwin 61, 513). Good fine, rare £100-£140 --- See footnote to previous Lot. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 587

LONDON, Harley Street, Quartett Society, ivory, honour to beethoven quartett society around 46, rev. sr, 37mm, 3.83g (W –; cf. Baldwin 61, 513). Very fine, rare £140-£180 --- See footnote to Lot 585. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 588

LONDON, Haymarket, Her Majesty’s Theatre, 1839, ivory, opera above date, signature of P.-F. Laporte in centre, rev. Box 2, 1, un-named, 40mm, 5.19g (W –; cf. D & W 29/316; cf. T. Millett FPL 2006, 110). Signature very feint, otherwise very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £240-£300 --- Pierre-François Laporte (1799-1841), actor and theatrical impresario, made his debut at Drury Lane in November 1826 and joined His Majesty’s Theatre in 1827, actively managing the facility for most of the next 13 years. It is thought that very few ivory tickets survive bearing his signature. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 589

LONDON, Haymarket, Her Majesty’s Theatre, ivory, legend above 1846/0, signed by C. Nugent, rev. named (Honble. R. Curzon, Stall 115), 39mm, 6.41g (W 335). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £300-£360 --- Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (1810-73), traveller, diplomat and author, active in the Near East; son of Hon. Robert Curzon and Harriet Anne Bishopp, 13th Baroness Zouche; b London; educ. Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford; MP for Clitheroe 1831-2; entered the diplomatic service and travelled to Palestine 1833; served as the British attaché at Constantinople; visited numerous monasteries and the 1830s and 1840s, rescuing several rare books and manuscripts, including the Bulgarian Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander, loaned and later donated to the British Museum; returned to England 1844 and succeeded to the barony 1870; DL of Sussex; d at his country seat, Parham (W. Sussex). Sold with much further background information. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 590

LONDON, Haymarket, Her Majesty’s Theatre, ivory, legend above 1858, rev. named (M.C. Jolle Esqr.), 37mm, 4.06g (W 342; cf. D & W 30/328). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £240-£300 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 64, 14 December 2004, lot 1074. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 591

LONDON, Piccadilly, Royal Academy Antique School, ivory, legend around 1768, rev. named (M.I. Dovaston, Admitted 1st Term of 3 Years 27th Jany. 1903, Renewed 2nd Term of 2 Years 30th Jany. 1906), 50mm, 10.38g (W 1034; D & W 63/141). Extremely fine and very rare £200-£260 --- Margaret Isabel Dovaston (1884-1954), artist, Ealing and Acton; b Wandsworth, eldest child of Adolphus Dovaston, an architect; educ. at home in Ealing, later at Ealing School of Art and the South Kensington School of Art under its founder, Arthur Stockdale Cope, RA; won a scholarship to the RA Schools, 1903, winning silver medals in 1904, 1905 and 1907; exhibited at the RA 1908 and 1910; extensive exhibition of oil paintings and watercolours at Walker’s Gallery, London, 1910, and the Royal Society of British Artists, 1910-13; founding member of the Ealing Art Guild (later Ealing Arts Club), 1910; commercial and war artist for publications including Deeds that Thrill the Empire; produced the famous night-time watercolour of troops from the East Surrey Regt taking Étappe 60 (Hill 60) in April 1915, when three VCs were won, which was displayed at the regimental museum until destroyed by fire six years ago; moved to Acton 1925, and created many historical genre paintings of 18th and early 19th century figures in Georgian costume, marketed by her agent, Mitchell’s of Duke street, St James’s; during World War II she served as an ARP warden. Sold with further background information. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 592

LONDON, Piccadilly, Royal Academy Schools, ivory, legend around 1768, rev. named (F.B. Nightingale, School of Architecture, Admitted 26th July 1910), 49mm, 14.15g (W 1033-4; cf. DNW M14, 1220). Extremely fine and very rare £200-£260 --- Frederick Bayliss Nightingale (1888-1959); studied at the Royal College of Art under Prof. Arthur Beresford Pite, to whom he was articled; assistant to Pite’s brother, William Alfred Pite, as clerk of works at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, and later to Sir Edwin Lutyens; joined the Army 1914, demobilised 1920 as a senior assistant to the War Graves Commission; entered into partnership with George Kennedy, 1920-39, specialising in country house work, including the conversion of Gordonstoun from a house and lodgings to a school in 1934; joined Royal Engineers 1939 and served in Egypt and then at the War Office, badly injured in an air raid 1942; architectural adviser with the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1946-52. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 594

LONDON, St Martin’s Lane, John Delaporte, copper, legend below phoenix, No. 5 below, rev. sells all sorts of hairs, etc, 15.20g (Withers –; DH Middlesex 14, same rev. die). Fair, very rare £60-£80

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Lot 595

LONDON, The Strand, Lyceum [Theatre], Royal Italian Opera [House], stained red ivory, legend above name (C. Russell Esqr.), rev. legend (Saturdays 1856, Stall 77), signed by J. Parsons, 39mm, 4.86g (W –; D & W –). About very fine, extremely rare; pierced for suspension and worthy of further research £200-£260 --- Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions

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Lot 597

SCOTLAND (?), D. Bristow, 1788, copper, centre countermarked 4, 24mm, 3.50g (Powell, LTT 138, fig. 30; D & W 284/21; MG 1257). Sculpted on a Georgian Farthing, about very fine, very rare £70-£90 --- A mining or coal-related check worthy of further research, but almost certainly not to be associated with Tooting (MG p.156)

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Lot 598

Magistrates Medal of Admission to the Courts, a copper award by Younge & Deakin, legend in open wreath, rev. closed wreath, named (The Revd. W.R. Hay), 44mm, 43.59g (D & W 89/325). Stamped (SWIFT?) on reverse, some minor marks and surface deposit, otherwise very fine, rare £300-£400 --- William Robert Hay (1761-1839), the well-known token collector and one of the issuers of the 1796 Buxton halfpenny, was one of the magistrates present at the Peterloo Massacre on 16 August 1819. A mass rally took place at St Peter’s Field in Manchester to demand parliamentary reform. After the meeting began the magistrates issued arrest warrants for the orator Henry Hunt and three others; the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry attempted to reach the platform to arrest Hunt but became caught in the crowd and in their panic began to hack about them with their sabres. After Hunt had finally been apprehended the magistrates then ordered the 15th Hussars to disperse the crowd and a cavalry charge ensued. In all 18 people were killed and several hundred injured

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Lot 60

17th Century Tokens, Steeple Ashton, Rob. Jeffreyes, Farthing, 0.53g/9h (N –; BW. 232). Metal fault, otherwise better than fine, very rare £90-£120 --- Provenance: With Seaby 1965; C. Granger Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 168 (part) [from Seaby]; bt N.A. Clark. Robert Jeffreys (†April 1662), churchwarden 1652, overseer 1655, died within a few days of his 1662 appointment as churchwarden

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Lot 62

17th Century Tokens, Tinhead, John Berry, Farthings (4), 1651 (3), reads fo, 1.05g/6h (dies of N 5601, obv. in unaltered state [for another in lesser quality cf. Shuttlewood Sale, 701]; BW. –), reads of over fo, 1.09g/6h (N 5601; BW. 247), reads of, 0.95g/6h (N 5602; BW. 247), 1668, 0.67g/9h (N 5603; BW. 246) [4]. First fine and very rare, last very fine but with edge nick, others in varied state; all the varieties for that part of the present-day village of Edington £180-£220 --- Provenance: First bt N.A. Clark November 2009. N 5603 only illustrated. John Berry, mercer

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Lot 65

17th Century Tokens, Westbury, Will Cockell, Farthings, [16]58 (2), 0.90g/3h (N 5615a, this piece; BW. 2360), 0.98g/6h (N 5615 rev., different obv.; BW. 260); Thomas Hancocke, Farthings, 1656 (2), 1.06g/6h (N 5616; BW. 261), 0.67g/12h (N 5617 obv./5616 rev.; BW. 261); John Matravers, Farthing, 1669, 0.56g/12h (N –; BW. 263); Francis Pashent, Farthing, 1668, 1.02g/12h (N 5618; BW. 264) [6]. N 5618 good fine, N 5615 and 5616 fine, others in varied state, BW. 263 broken in two but rare £90-£120 --- Provenance: N 5615 R.A. Nott Collection [from Spink], Norweb Collection, 15 November 2000, lot 41 (part), C. Granger Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 168 (part) [from R. Gladdle], bt N.A. Clark; N 5617 var C. Granger Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 168 (part) [from Corbitt & Hunter], bt N.A. Clark; BW. 263 bt C.M. Rowe. N 5618 only illustrated. Will Cockell, merchant tailor; John Matravers, Quaker. At the Trinity Quarter Sessions in Warminster in July 1671 Patient, a chandler, was indicted for ‘striking farthings...four of which were only worth a halfpenny’; pleading guilty at the subsequent Hilary Quarter Sessions in New Sarum in 1671/2 (OS), he was fined 3s 4d which he paid to the Sheriff in Court (Kempson, BNJ 1973, p.129)

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Lot 66

17th Century Tokens, Westport St Mary [Malmesbury], William Fry, Farthing, 1666, 1.13g/9h (N –; BW. 266); Giles Hoone, Farthing, 0.98g/6h (N –; BW. 267) [2]. First good fine and extremely rare, not known by the late owner to be represented in any institutional collection, second fair; the only issues from the village £150-£200 --- Provenance: *BW. 266 bt Baldwin. William Fry, weaver

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Lot 68

17th Century Tokens, Wootton Bassett, Gabrell Arman, Farthings (2), 0.87g/12h (N 5626 obv., different [earlier] rev.; BW. 270), 0.76g/6h (N 5626; BW. 270); John Knighton, Farthings (2), crown, 0.68g/6h (N 5628 rev., different [earlier] obv.; BW. 271), crossed keys, 0.97g/12h (N 5628; BW. 272) [4]. BW. 271 fine and very rare, others in varied state; both the issuers for the town £120-£150 --- BW. 271 only illustrated. Gabrell Arman, mercer

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Lot 70

18th Century Tokens, Devizes, Joseph Baster, Halfpence, 1796 (5), breeches edge, 9.14g/6h (DH 2); grained over anglesey edge (2), 9.74g/6h, 9.68g/6h (both DH 2a); edge grained, 10.11g/6h (DH 2b); edge plain, 7.54g/5h (DH 2c) [5]. First fine and rare, others generally very fine £50-£70 --- Joseph Baster (b. 1762), tanner, breeches and glove manufacturer, Rowde, fl. 1812

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Lot 71

18th Century Tokens, Holt, David Arnot, Halfpence (3), Fame blowing trumpet, revs. sold at the spa house, etc (2), edge grained, 9.86g/6h (DH 3), edge plain, 6.14g/6h (DH 3a), building, b below, 8.19g/6h (DH 4); mule Halfpence by Kempson (6), Fame, rev. bust of George III, 9.42g/12h (DH 6), view of the Spa House (5), revs. beggar, 9.96g/6h (DH 7), legend, 10.18g/6h (DH 8), bust of George III, 9.81g/12h (DH 9), scales 1795-96, 9.85g/12h (DH 10), scales april 1796, 9.97g/6h (DH 11) [8]. DH 6, 7 and 8 extremely fine, DH 10 good fine, others generally very fine or better, some rare £120-£150 --- Provenance: *DH 8 bt P.C. Deane; DH 10 bt A. Hunt July 2008. David Arnot, proprietor of the Spa House, Holt, opened a school for boys in September 1794. Holt’s medicinal waters were sold by Arnot’s London agent, John Griffiths, 27 St Alban’s street [now Waterloo place]

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Lot 73

18th Century Tokens, Salisbury, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, bust left, rev. view of St Paul’s Covent Garden in ruins, edge skidmore holborn london, 13.17g/5h (DH 13). Light scratch in reverse field, otherwise good very fine, rare £80-£100

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Lot 74

18th Century Tokens, Salisbury, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. jom cypher, edge skidmore holborn london, 12.85g/8h (DH 14). Striking crack, has been lacquered and with irregular tone on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: J.R. Farnell Collection, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction (New York), 26 May 1982, lot 58 (part); J.A. Bobbe Collection; R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part III, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 887 [from J.A.B. March 1987]

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Lot 75

18th Century Tokens, Salisbury, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. murd. by the factious, etc, edge grained, 9.67g/5h (DH 15). Striking crack, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 261 (part); F.J. Jeffery Collection; P.C. Deane Collection [from R. Jeffery 1982]; M.Z. Gerson Collection [from P.C.D. 1983]; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1059; R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part III, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 888

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Lot 76

18th Century Tokens, Salisbury, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, wgm cypher, rev. bust of Earl Howe left, edge grained, 10.40g/12h (DH 19). Extremely fine with reflective surfaces, extremely rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 261 (part); F.J. Jeffery Collection; P.C. Deane Collection [from R. Jeffery 1982]; M.Z. Gerson Collection [from P.C.D. 1983]; W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1061; R.S. Brown Jr Collection, Part III, DNW Auction T10, 5 October 2011, lot 890

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Lot 78

19th Century Tokens, Marlborough, Stephen King, John Gosling, William Tanner and Robert Griffiths, Shilling, 1811, value, rev. legend, edge grained, 4.09g/12h (D 1). About extremely fine, very rare £150-£200 --- The Marlborough Old Bank, founded in 1791, was reconstituted on 2 January 1811 as a partnership between two of the original proprietors, Stephen King, who lived at Overton and John Gosling (†1839, aged 75), joined by William Tanner (†1847), of Blackland House, near Calne and Robert Griffiths († by 1820), a prominent solicitor in Marlborough. The bank had ceased to exist by 1853

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Lot 79

19th Century Tokens, Marlborough, Stephen King, John Gosling, William Tanner and Robert Griffiths, Shilling, 1811, t of tanner over space in beading, 3.54g/12h (D 3 var.; Waters p.15), Sixpence, 1811, 1.53g/12h (D 5); Staverton, John Jones, Wyon’s Penny, 1811, 17.65g/6h (W 1110) [3]. First very fine, second extremely fine, both toned, last fair but very rare £80-£100 --- D 5 only illustrated. John Jones (†1812) proprietor of the Staverton Super-fine Woollen Manufactory, which he erected at the turn of the century. The mill was said to house the very latest in textile technology, and hostilities between Jones and local wool shearmen who feared for their livelihoods reached a peak when Jones was attacked and shot in the face in an incident in 1808. His offer of a £500 reward for the capture of the culprits was never claimed. Jones was declared bankrupt in November 1812 and died within weeks. The mill as depicted on the token, engraved by Thomas Wyon, burnt down in 1824, but was rebuilt the following year and, many years later, was acquired by Nestlé, the food processor

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Lot 8

Coins, William I, Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Wilton, Safare, sefiiroi on piti, no ornaments on either shoulder, 1.40g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.83; BMC 1058-9 and FEJ 1353, same dies; N 850; S 1257). Very fine and toned, rare £500-£700 --- Provenance: SCMB August 1971 (H 2036). The obverse die was also used by the moneyer Osbern at Salisbury

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Lot 82

19th Century Tokens, DORSET, Shaftesbury, ‘Morgan’s’ mule Shilling, 1811, arms, rev. one shilling at shaftesbury or s lloyds bucklersbury, etc, edge grained, 3.95g/12h (Thompson, BNJ 1972, dies F5; D 13). About extremely fine but bright from past cleaning, rare £80-£100 --- Provenance: M.J. Harris Collection; bt N.A. Clark May 2009

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Lot 84

19th Century Tokens, KENT, Folkestone, John Boxer, ‘Morgan’s’ mule Shilling, 1811, in brass, uniformed bust left, rev. arms of Shaftesbury, dorsetshire wiltshire & shaftesbury, etc, edge crudely grained, 4.18g/12h (Thompson dies CF; Mays –; D Dorset 14). About very fine, reverse better, very rare £90-£120

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Lot 9

Coins, Henry I, Penny, Small Profile/Cross and Annulets type [BMC XII], Salisbury, Aldwine, al[dpine : on :] sal :, 1.30g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.98; EMC 1300.0027, same dies; N 868; S 1273). Part flat, otherwise fine, extremely rare; perhaps only one other specimen known [EMC 1300.0027] £300-£400 --- Provenance: Found near Allington (Wiltshire), 2007 (EMC 2008.0310); Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 467; bt A. Howitt June 2012

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Lot 93

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Larkhill, Military Aeroplane Competition, 1912, Official Pass, uniface card, named (The Hon. L.J. Fiennes), signed F.H.S. [F.H. Sykes], 45mm. Very fine and very rare £100-£150 --- Group-Captain the Honourable Laurence John Evelyn Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1890-1962), b. Marylebone, London, third son of Geoffrey Cecil Twisleton-Wykeham Fiennes, 18th Baron Saye (1858-1937); 9th Bn Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire LI, then Lt, 4th Bn; appointed Flying Officer, 26 June 1915; with 101 Squadron, RFC, August 1917; Squadron-Leader, RAF, Bir Salem, Palestine, 1922; placed on the retired list 1931; Air Attaché Washington, 1930-3, architect. An original commission warrant appertaining to him, dated 2 August 1919, was sold in these rooms in March 2007. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, GCSI, GCIE, GBE, KCB, CMG (1877-1954); b. Addiscombe, Surrey; worked on a tea plantation in Ceylon; trooper, Imperial Yeomanry Scouts, 1899; captured by Boers and endured a forced march before freedom; commissioned into Lord Roberts’ personal bodyguard but suffered a serious chest wound and invalided back to England; 2nd Lt, 15th Hussars, October 1901, posted to West African Regt, later attached to the Balloon Section of the RE; joined Intelligence Staff at Simla, 1905; Staff College, Quetta, October 1908, and promoted to Captain; learnt to fly at Brooklands in 1910 and awarded Royal Aero Club certificate no.96; Officer Commanding the military wing of the RFC, May 1912, later Commandant; approved the phrase Per Ardua ad Astra, adopted by the RAF as its motto; Chief of Staff of the RFC, 5 August 1914, and temporarily commander, November-December 1914; Officer Commanding the RNAS Eastern Mediterranean July 1915 and air commander for the Dardanelles campaign; Assistant Adjutant-General at the War Office, June 1916, later Deputy Adjutant and QMG; Chief of Air Staff, April 1918; Air Vice Marshal August 1919 and controller of civil aviation 1919-22; Conservative MP for Sheffield Hallam 1922-8; Governor of Bombay October 1928-November 1933, then returned to Britain; MP for Nottingham Central 1940-5; lived at Conock Manor, Devizes, and latterly in Marylebone, London. Although Sykes enjoyed a distinguished career in the early days of British military aviation, his character did not appeal to either Lord Kitchener or Winston Churchill and he was temporarily demoted, in 1914 and 1919, on the orders of both men. Sykes married Isabel Law (1895-1969), elder daughter of the prime minister Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923), in 1920. By 1911 it was clear that the development of aircraft had reached the point where they were of military significance. France, then the world’s leader in aviation, had over 200 aircraft in military service. In contrast, Britain’s total military aircraft strength was 19, of which, in the words of the then Under-Secretary of State for War, “one is broken beyond repair and one is quite out of date.” So, on behalf of the Air Battalion, Royal Engineers, the War Office convened to conduct a review of military flying in December 1911 and announced that a military aircraft trial would take place during 1912. The aim was to determine what aircraft would best suit the needs of the Army, and a prize of £4,000 was on offer to the manufacturer of the winning machine. By the time the trials were held, at Larkhill on Salisbury Plain in August 1912, the Air Battalion had become the military wing of the newly-established Royal Flying Corps (RFC). The trials were to be very exacting to the point of being unrealistic, considering the rudimentary character of early aeroplanes. Testing the aircraft’s performance in a number of competences, the War Office reserved the right to then purchase any machine for £1,000. The tests would include an aircraft’s ability to carry a load of 350lbs for 4½ hours, attain a speed of 55mph, take off from long grass, clover or harrowed land in 100 yards without damage and climb to 1,000 feet at a rate of at least 200 feet per minute, and finally land on rough ground, including ploughed land and stopping within 75 yards. A total of 32 aircraft were entered, although only 24 participated in the competition. Flying began on 2 August 1912 and continued for three weeks. The surprise winner was Samuel Cody’s biplane, popularly known as the ‘flying cathedral’ due to its size. It was an outdated design even in 1912, but managed to meet all the test criteria largely due to its very powerful 20hp Austro-Daimler 6-cylinder engine. The RFC felt compelled to purchase the machine, and took delivery of its first aircraft in November 1912; a second aircraft was delivered in February 1913. In April of that year, after some modifications, the first aircraft broke up at 500 feet and crashed to the ground at Farnborough, killing its pilot. The second aircraft was at this time undergoing repair following an accident in March; it was withdrawn from service and presented to the Science Museum in November 1913, having only flown for 2½ hours. The most successful aircraft to fly at the competition was the Royal Aircraft Factory’s BE 2, designed by Geoffrey de Havilland. Although it participated in all the trials it was unable to compete because of a conflict of interest, as the Superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Factory, Meryyn O’Gorman, was one of the judges. The BE 2 however was eventually ordered in large numbers by the RFC and saw operational service during the early part of the First World War, as well as continuing to be used as a training aircraft throughout the conflict. Sold with further detail and a newspaper cutting celebrating the centenary of the event, featuring an image of Samuel Cody

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