Lot 4063

Description

Trade or advertising tickets, by W.J.Taylor or related, all in copper (28mm); E.Parker Importer of Wines and Spirits etc, reverse Wine Vaults and Chichester Cathedral behind, dated 1831; Taylor's mule, the previous reverse with the obverse of the Dutton ticket following, Victoria 5th October 1857 around young head left, WJT on truncation reverse the 1831 crypt of Cathedral scene; the same obverse with G.T. DUTTON, the celebrated 10s 6d Oxford Shoe etc (2) (see H.pp753-756.). Very fine - nearly uncirculated the second very rare. (4)

The mule was attributed by Atkins (351) as a miscellaneous New Zealand token, hence it has held some interest for Australian collectors whereas Davis listed it as Warwickshire; even as recently as the Parsons sale in 1954 the Atkins attribution was followed. $$ Ex W.J. Noble Collection, Sale 61B (lot 1173) previously the second probably ex Parsons (lot 1060 part) Collection and Spink in 1972 via B.Warwick, the third from Spink in 1973.