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Auction 141 14-16 Jun 2017
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TICKETS AND PASSES OF LONDON FROM THE DAVID YOUNG COLLECTION (PART I)
TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, CHELSEA, Cremorne House and Gardens, uniface zinc, cremorne house, 1983 stamped in centre, 36mm, 9.07g (W 1307, this piece illustrated; D & W 67/168). Fine, rare £40-50
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Provenance: Bt Baldwin August 1991.
Cremorne House, to the west of Battersea Bridge, was sold by the Huntingdon family in 1831 to a convicted fraudster popularly known as the Baron de Beranger. Beranger added pleasure gardens to the property but was declared bankrupt and the house and gardens were acquired by James Ellis in January 1845. Between then and the late 1870s the gardens were much frequented, but in 1877 local residents objected to the renewal of its licence and it was forced to close
TICKETS and PASSES, Gardens, CHELSEA, Cremorne House and Gardens, uniface zinc, cremorne house, 1983 stamped in centre, 36mm, 9.07g (W 1307, this piece illustrated; D & W 67/168). Fine, rare £40-50
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Provenance: Bt Baldwin August 1991.
Cremorne House, to the west of Battersea Bridge, was sold by the Huntingdon family in 1831 to a convicted fraudster popularly known as the Baron de Beranger. Beranger added pleasure gardens to the property but was declared bankrupt and the house and gardens were acquired by James Ellis in January 1845. Between then and the late 1870s the gardens were much frequented, but in 1877 local residents objected to the renewal of its licence and it was forced to close