FOUR VICTORIAN COPPER AND SILVER COACHING HORNS, USED ON THE `TALLY HO!` STAGE COACH, WHICH RAN ON THE THE SURBITON TO LONDON ROUTE
29.11.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1071078
Lot 213 | FOUR VICTORIAN COPPER AND SILVER COACHING HORNS, USED ON THE 'TALLY HO!' STAGE COACH, WHICH RAN ON THE THE SURBITON TO LONDON ROUTE
Estimate value
£ 500 – 800
BY KOHLER AND SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1880-1890
Comprising: a copper and silver horn with stamped inscription 'Michael Sandys/Tally-Ho/Surbiton - London/1889' and maker's mark 'KÖHLER & SON/MAKERS/HENRIETTA St/COVENT GARDEN/LONDON', marked on mouth-piece; a copper and silver horn with stamped inscription 'Tally-Ho/1889/Hon. Michael Sandys/from/J.W.Selby.' and maker's mark 'KÖHLER & SON/MAKERS/116 VICTORIA STREET/WESTMINSTER/(FROM COVENT GARDEN)', marked on mouth-piece; a copper and silver horn with stamped inscription 'Michael Sandys/Perseverance/1885' and maker's mark 'KÖHLER & SON/MAKERS/116 VICTORIA STREET/WESTMINSTER/(FROM COVENT GARDEN)'; a copper and silver horn with stamped inscription 'Hon. Michael Sandys/from' above a closed crown and monogram 'B' and maker's mark 'KÖHLER & SON/MAKERS/HENRIETTA St/COVENT GARDEN/LONDON'; together with two oak stands
The largest: 47 ¾ in. (121 cm.) high; 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter; the smallest: 36 in. (91 cm.) high; 2 ¾ in. (7.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Michael Edwin Sandys, 5th Baron Sandys
(1855-1948) and by descent.
Literature
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in the 'Study'.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Copper |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Furniture and Lamps |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Copper |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Furniture and Lamps |
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