George Price 86 Queen Street query?

[Warren63]

Hi all, Has anyone came across this plaque before or came across the address 86, Queen st, Cheapside. associated with George Price. I can’t find anything and wondered if it might be a dodgy plaque. ?

[safeman]

Hi all, Has anyone came across this plaque before or came across the address 86, Queen st, Cheapside. associated with George Price. I can’t find anything and wondered if it might be a dodgy plaque. ?

Warren, it's quite genuine. 1884 advert.

[Warren63]

I notice the advert says 34 Queen Victoria St, but the plaque says 68 Queen St ? Both London but am I missing something?

[Huw Eastwood]

Warren that plate has all the hallmarks of a classic Jodhpur mishmash. You can disregard the address as there's still enough issues with it to write a book on!

[Warren63]

I thought so Huw, couldn’t find address anywhere and thought the cheapside was a load of bull because that’s on all the Hobbs stuff. What did you think of the Hobbs I posted? I’ve never seen a brass version before ,have you?

[Huw Eastwood]

From that photo the Hobb's Hart brass casting looks on par with the painted iron ones so not an obvious repro to me, and it's certainly not a mishmash like the George Price, but I've never collected them only saw them on safes out in the field. You really need someone like Tom to confirm nitty gritty details like manufacturers variations etc.

[Tom Gordon]

I thought so Huw, couldn’t find address anywhere and thought the cheapside was a load of bull because that’s on all the Hobbs stuff. What did you think of the Hobbs I posted? I’ve never seen a brass version before ,have you?

this is a very high quality 10” by 7.5” plate - far better than the iron ones and pretty rare, but as you now know, not unique