Lot 1101
1101
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more
Removal of Temple Bar, 1878, lead, 102 mm., by C.H. and J. Mabey (2), uniface medals depicting the eastern façade of Temple Bar with closed gates, TEMPLE BAR : ERECTED 1672, DEMOLISHED 1878; THIS EFFIGY OF IT WAS STRUCK FROM THE LEAD FORMERLY ON THE ROOF, enclosed within the usual glazed brass case (BHM.3051; JT.37a), one example badly corroded and with a chipped glass cover, the other extremely fine but with a dent in the edge of the brass case and lacking the baize backing, the rarest of the City of London series (2)

Details
Removal of Temple Bar, 1878, lead, 102 mm., by C.H. and J. Mabey (2), uniface medals depicting the eastern façade of Temple Bar with closed gates, TEMPLE BAR : ERECTED 1672, DEMOLISHED 1878; THIS EFFIGY OF IT WAS STRUCK FROM THE LEAD FORMERLY ON THE ROOF, enclosed within the usual glazed brass case (BHM.3051; JT.37a), one example badly corroded and with a chipped glass cover, the other extremely fine but with a dent in the edge of the brass case and lacking the baize backing, the rarest of the City of London series (2)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.