Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 8th January 2020
Lot 96
λ An early Victorian ivory 'Royal Academy Antique School 1768' student's admission token
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £320
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Description
λ An early Victorian ivory 'Royal Academy Antique School 1768' student's admission token, for Silvester Charles Capes, admitted on the 24th April 1843, 5.1cm diameter.
Provenance: 'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The property of a Gentleman.
Silvester Charles Capes (1825-1901) was a Victorian architect, he won the Royal Academy's silver medal in 1845 and became a fellow of RIBA in 1867.