Each side mounted with a plaque, one engraved with arms of Briggs and 'FORTITER ET FIDELITER', the other inscribed 'FOREIGN CATTLE MARKET / MODEL OF BARROW / USED ON THE OCCASION OF / TURNING THE FIRST SOD / OF THE / NEW RAILWAY / 15TH DECEMBER 1898 / THOMAS BRIGGS ESQ / CHAIRMAN OF THE CATTLE MARKETS COMMITTEE / OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON / SIR JOHN WOLFE BARRY K.C.B.F.R.S. ENGINEER. J. STRACHAN CONTRACTOR', and bearing a plaque for the retailer `MAPPIN & WEBB, 2 QUEEN VICTORIA ST, E.C'
8¹⁄₂ in. (22 cm.) high; 25¹⁄₂ in. (65 cm.) wide; 8¹⁄₄ in. (21 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 November 2010, lot 71.
'Kentshire: A Legendary Collection,' Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 2014, lot 66.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 19 November 2015, lot 617, sold after sale.

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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