Lot 323
Bucks . Stowe , Skidmore’s Farthing, 1796, Hermitage building with tree and grass in foreground, rev. BUILT ANNO DOMO 17 …

Auction: 7 October 2024 at 10:00 BST
£1,680
Description
Bucks . Stowe , Skidmore’s Farthing, 1796, Hermitage building with tree and grass in foreground, rev. BUILT ANNO DOMO 1704 within two concentric circles, edge plain, 22mm/4.02gm. (DH 29). Good Extremely Fine and attractively patinated, extremely rare.
Footnote
The building shown on the token is the Hermitage, designed and built by William Kent in 1731; the depiction shown is a mirror image taken from an engraving by G.L. Smith in Gardens of Stowe, published by Benton Seeley in 1768.

