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Lot 528
Scotland, Forres Academy, struck silver prize medal, 1866, with engraved details: 'The gift of an old pupil - to George Ross Mackessack - best English essayist', 44.5mm; other silver medals (2): Coronation 1902; N.I.R.A shooting prize (Lieut. K. Mackessack); bronze medal of Johann Strauss and an Elgin County Special Constable's badge, numbered 85, generally very fine (5) George Ross Mackessack was born in 1851, served in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, married 1901, later became a J.P. The shooting medal is to his son, Kenneth who was educated at Rugby, joined the Seaforth Highlanders from Sandhurst in 1923, and served in India, North West Frontier 1930-31, Palestine, Middle East and North Africa. He commanded the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders as Lieutenant-Colonel, at the battle of El Alamein, was wounded and mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1st January 1944). He was Military Attaché in Washington from 1943 to 1946 and retired in 1948 as Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel.
Lot 532
George V, Smithfield Club, Patron's medal, 1916, by Bertram Mackennal, bare head l., rev. two earlier President's medals, named on edge, 'Awarded Frank Cummins as feeder of best pen of pigs in the show, 1916', 55.5mm.; Royal Masonic Hospital, Permanent Steward's Jewel, by C.L.J. Doman; France, Electricity and Gas, silvered-bronze medal, 54.5mm., the last very fine, the others better (3)
Lot 535
Curaçao, S. E. L. Maduro & Sons, bronze centenary medal, 1937, by Onorio Ruotolo, for the Medallic Art Co., New York, facing bearded bust of Salomon Elias Levy Maduro (1814-1883), founder, in frock coat, sea behind with anchor, dolphin, rev. FIRST CENTENARY S.E.L. MADURO & SONS . . . , Dutch-style building with, to the fore, Mercury seated r., with sailing cog and cornucopia, native family to l., 76mm., extremely fine The medal is listed by David T. Alexander, 'Medallic Art of Onorio Ruotolo', The MCA Advisory, August 2007, pp. 8-13. Salomon Maduro, a self-made man, was one of a small number of successful Jewish merchants trading in the Caribbean. The Company he founded still flourishes.
Lot 547
Romania, The Buzau to Marasesti Railway, 60th anniversary, 1941, by Constantin Iotzu (1884-1962), rectangular bronze plaquette with arched top, framed winged figure of speed, legend below, 1881 OCTOMBRIE 1941 - ANI 60 - DE LA PRIMA CALE FERATA BUZAU MARASESTI REALIZATA DE INGINERI ROMANI, rev. railway motif and legend above a map in relief of the railway line, 105 x 56.5mm., in case of issue by the Monetaria Nationala, virtually as struck, rare
Lot 552
USA, Assay Commission Medal, bronze medal, 1968, by Frank Gasparro and Edgar Z. Steever, bust of Albert Gallatin three-quarters r., rev. ANNUAL ASSAY COMMISSION, pound troy weight inscribed Bate of London, with three smaller weights, 57.5mm. ( JK.AC-112 [R7]), encased in Perspex holder, about mint state Albert Gallatin was Treasury Secretary 1801-1814. The weight depicted on the reverse was the standard for this weight, brought to the Mint in 1824. A label on the holder states: 'Only 36 of these minted. 28 were presented to the members of the annual panel of citizens, weighers, counters & assayers who checked the 4967 mint products. The other medals were presented to the Mint Bureau and other government officials.'
Lot 192
A MINIATURE REPLICA WALNUT CASED 'QUARE' MANTLE CLOCK with applied bronze style mounts, the face inscribed Goldsmith & Silversmiths Co. Ltd. 112 Regent Street, London, W1, the back panel door applied with a brass plaque, inscribed with signatures and dated August 4th 1914/1939Daniel Quare (1649 - 1724) was an English clockmaker who invented a repeating watch movement in 1680
Lot 120
Louis Ouvet, France (died 1920), a gilt bronze and ivory figure of an art nouveau lady, on an onyx pedestal base, inscribed 'Ouvet' signature to the rear of her dress, 26cm Condition Report: End of one finger on left hand missing, left arm slightly loose. Minor loss to rim of the marble plinth.
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