THE HUNDRED OF MANHOOD AND SELSEY TRAMWAYS COMPANY LTD SEAL
A LATE 19TH CENTURY TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY STEEL SEAL MATRIX
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 17 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
the pierced rectangular spigot with two short ears and screws, to a circular matrix engraved to the border ‘THE HUNDRED OF MANHOOD AND SELSEY TRAMWAYS COMPANY LTD SEAL' with a depiction of a 2-4-2T locomotive, bearing the initials HMSTCo Ld
Dimensions
6cm (long overall), 5cm (diameter of matrix)
Provenance
Sheffield Railwayana Auctions, sale 13th September 2003, lot 351
The Matrix Collection
Footnote
The Hundred of Manhood & Selsey Light Railway opened a line from Chichester to Selsey in 1887. It was renamed the West Sussex Railway in 1924.