NumisBids
  
Noonans
Auction 160  5-6 Jun 2019
View prices realized

Lot 1116

Estimate: 80 GBP
Price realized: 110 GBP
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection

Circuses, Louis Soullier, brass, by H. Smith, horsewoman cantering left, hippodrome et cirque soullier around, rev. troisième, star and crescent crest above and below, 33mm, 8.96g (cf. W 977; cf. DNW 147, 1686). Very fine, scarce £80-£100

---

Provenance: Bt November 2007.

Louis Soullier (1813-88), proprietor of his self-styled Cirque Orientale, toured England in 1852, performing in London and Manchester, before taking his troupe to China, where they debuted in 1854 as that country's first-ever circus
Question about this auction? Contact Noonans