Lot 980
Coventry, P Kempson’s Series of...
Baldwin's - The Deane Collection - Part II | 0110
Auction: 25 May 2023 at 10:00 BST
£1,020
Estimate: £300 - £400
Description
Coventry, P Kempson’s Series of Historic Coventry Buildings, Halfpenny 1797, Coventry Cross rev. Arms and crest of Coventry, edge COVENTRY TOKEN, 28mm/13.78gm. (DH 286). Another the same but bronzed, 28mm/13.59gm. (DH 286). Another but with Handel rev., 28mm/13.64gm. (DH 287). Another but obv. County Hall, 28mm/13gm. (DH 288). Another but obv. Drapers’ Hall, 28mm/14.09gm. (DH 291). Another the same but bronzed, 28mm/13.4gm. (DH 291). Another but Handel rev., 28mm/13.81gm. (DH 292), all good Extremely Fine with toning and iridescence, DH 280 and 291 with considerable original lustre. Two Handel revs. Rare – rest scarce [7].
DH 286, 288 and 291 ex Baldwin’s basement Feb 2018; DH 287and 292 ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets, both ex William Norman Col. via Sotheby’s 15 Jul 1903, lot 323 plus 3 others, bought for 48/-. Acquired AHB c. 1946.
