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LOTE 4346:
British Commemorative Medals - Holborn Restaurant - 1895 - James Cudmore Medal
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Precio inicial:
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90
Precio estimado:
$100 - $140
Comisión de la casa de subasta:
30%
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Dated 1895 AD
Obv: a gathering of standing figures between two pillars with HOLBORN above and RESTAURANT / ESTD 1874 in two lines in exergue. Rev: perspective room of elaborate room with dancing couples with scroll below bearing PRESENTED BY THE PROPRIETORS inscription with engraved personalisation in script 'To James Cudmore Esq / Oct 21st 1895' in two lines below. 227.06 grams. Extremely fine.
Footnotes
The Holborn Restaurant was sited on the corner of Kingsway and High Holborn and, as one of the largest public establishments in London, was popular with clubs and societies (including as a place for Masonic meetings); the British Chess Federation was founded here in 1904 and many athletes attending the 1908 London Olympic Games attended banquets here. The restaurant was opened by Frederick Gordon (later to establish the Gordon Hotel Group) in 1874 and eventually closed down in 1954 with the building since then demolished.
