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Auction B43 24 Feb 2022
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The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes - Part One
Mendham's Tea Warehouse, Ipswich, a note promising to pay the bearer 5 Shillings on demand, hand dated 1803, no serial number or signature, vignette of a tea chest at top left, complete with with naive depiction's of Chinese characters, wonderful condition, good very fine and extremely rare
Outing unlisted £240-£300
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William Mendham was born in 1770 in Ipswich. In September 1792 he opened a new grocery and tea warehouse in Bank Buildings, Ipswich. He was quite successful and operated the business for several decades, and married Hannah Baker in 1793 and died in August 1838. The wording on this note is extremely interesting, unequivocally promising to pay the bearer 5 shillings. It is possible it was a real voucher of some kind.
Ex. Godfrey Burr Collection, 2007
Mendham's Tea Warehouse, Ipswich, a note promising to pay the bearer 5 Shillings on demand, hand dated 1803, no serial number or signature, vignette of a tea chest at top left, complete with with naive depiction's of Chinese characters, wonderful condition, good very fine and extremely rare
Outing unlisted £240-£300
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William Mendham was born in 1770 in Ipswich. In September 1792 he opened a new grocery and tea warehouse in Bank Buildings, Ipswich. He was quite successful and operated the business for several decades, and married Hannah Baker in 1793 and died in August 1838. The wording on this note is extremely interesting, unequivocally promising to pay the bearer 5 shillings. It is possible it was a real voucher of some kind.
Ex. Godfrey Burr Collection, 2007