Coins & Banknotes Public Auction 361

c1896 Sporting Prize fob for Diving. Presented by A Horden & Sons Palace Emporium Haymarket Sydney. Obv Man diving into water, view of water before rock. 2 part construction, coloured porcelain applied to s/s Fob, 16.72g. Hallmarked, for Birmingham, 1896, produced by Rolason Bros. gVF. Other similar sporting fobs, also issued by Horden's, are known, all are rare. See Status sale 282, lot 6679 for a (similar) Cycling fob.