A VICTORIAN HOLLY TEAM WHIP
Lot 201

A VICTORIAN HOLLY TEAM WHIP

CIRCA 1893, RETAILED BY SWAINE & ADENEY, LONDON

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 2,000

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A VICTORIAN HOLLY TEAM WHIP
CIRCA 1893, RETAILED BY SWAINE & ADENEY, LONDON
With tapering shaft in two sections joined by silver mounts, one band engraved 'A' with a Viscount's coronet, with a leather handle and thread thong, mounted on a pine board; together with a brass horn by Butler circa 1865-1898, with silvered metal mouthpiece marked BUTLER HAYMARKET LONDON below a 'GB' monogram; and another copper coaching horn with removable brass mouthpiece, in two sections and in leather holster
The board: 41 in. (104 cm.) long (3)

Specialist note

George Butler opened his shop in Dublin in 1826 but his descendants were in Haymarket in London from 1865 until 1898.