Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, London, Custom House, Shield-shaped Lead Porter's Badge, City arms, stamped on bars of cross and one angle with dates, SEP 1815, AUG 1817, AUG 1819 & SEP 1821, rev stamped IOHN BARBER A FREEMAN CUSTOM HOUSE 1815, integral suspension loop, 66mm x 49.5mm x 53mm x 48mm (D&W -). Very fine and very rare.
The badge relates to the period of Thomas Ripley's Custom House and the new Custom House built by David Laing (1774-1856). On 12 February 1814 Ripley's building was destroyed by fire and the explosion of gunpowder and spirits blasted papers as far as the Hackney Marshes.
Estimate: £100-150
The badge relates to the period of Thomas Ripley's Custom House and the new Custom House built by David Laing (1774-1856). On 12 February 1814 Ripley's building was destroyed by fire and the explosion of gunpowder and spirits blasted papers as far as the Hackney Marshes.
Estimate: £100-150