16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver
2060
A Victorian Silver Whitehaven Junction Railway Company Token
Designed by Benjamin Wyon, Dated 1844
circular, the front stamped with the Whitehaven Bransty Arch, with a George Stephenson type locomotive and carriages behind, all above the arms of the Earls of Lonsdale and within the inscription 'Whitehaven Junction Railway Company Incorporated July 4 1844', the back engraved 'Free Ticket Earl of Lonsdale Chairman' and with an earl's coronet, 49mm diameter; Together With an Elizabeth II Royal Agricultural Society of England silver-gilt Bledisoe medal, by Turner and Simpson Ltd., Birmingham, 1979, the front stamped with the cypher of the RASE and below the royal crown, the back stamped with a portrait of Thomas William Coke in a landscape, after the portrait by Ramsay Richard Reinagle, in fitted case, 65mm diameter
total weight 6oz 9dwt, 201gr (2)
Provenance:
The token presented to William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale (1787-1872), as Chairman of the Whitehaven Junction Railway.
A matching Whitehaven Junction Railway Company used by George Stephenson, as chief engineer, is in the collection of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (STE/1/2/11).
Sold for £420
Estimated at £120 - £180
The token and silver-gilt medal each in generally good condition with only some minor wear and small marks. The silver-gilt medal with some minor areas of tarnish. The case of the silver-gilt medal with some scuffs and marks.
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Auction: Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 16th Nov, 2024
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