Seven Hooton Park Club racing badges, defunct racecourse, near Liverpool dating from 1902-07, comprising gilt metal and enamel badges, each bearing t
£700 - £1,000
Seven Hooton Park Club racing badges, defunct racecourse, near Liverpool dating from 1902-07, comprising gilt metal and enamel badges, each bearing the year and HPC or Hooton Park Club on the front, reverse with brooch clasp and number, dating from 1902 numbered 119 by Bowman Limited London, 1903 numbered 118 and 119 by Bowman Limited London (2), 1904 numbered 87 by Walker & Hall Sheffield, 1906 numbered 233 by Walker & Hall Sheffield, 1907 numbered 146 and 147 by Walker & Hall Sheffield (2); sold together with two b & w photographs of Ethel De Wolf with her father Charles, 15 by 10cm., and another b & w photograph of Ethel De Wolf on horseback, 12 by 17cm., minor wear and pitting to enamel on badges, (9) Provenance: badges belonged to Ethel May Codrington nee De Wolf. De Wolf was born in Boston USA to a wealthy shipping family, and was brought up in the Liverpool Birkenhead area. These badges would have been from her mother and herself.