Lot 390
Victoria (1837-1901), The Removal of Temple Bar from the City of London 1878, Lead uniface glazed medal.
Ancient, British & World Coins| C26002
Auction: 30 March 2026 at 10:30 GMT
Description
By Foot and Tebay after C. H. & J. Mabey. Elevation of the decorative facade, TEMPLE BAR: ERECTED 1672. DEMOLISHED 1878: THIS EFFIGY OF IT WAS STRUCK FROM THE LEAD FORMERLY ON THE ROOF., 113mm, 0.88kg (BHM 3051; Taylor 37a; E 1658), Mounted under glass and within brass frame for use as a paperweight, as struck.
Footnote
Temple Bar, which stood for two hundred years, at the junction of Strand and Fleet Street, survived until 1878 when it as agreed that the narrowness of the passage through, had become a hazard to traffic, particularly with the erection of the new law courts. The first of over one thousand bricks were removed on 2nd January 1878, on the instructions of the Corporation of London, every stone, brick and beam was carefully numbered and stored in a yard of Farringdon Road. Ten years later these were purchased by Sir Henry Meux, the London brewer and MP. He re-erected the bar at the entrance to grounds of his Hertfordshire estate, Theobald's Park.
