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Lot 233
A collection of items, to include: fifteen gilt metal circular gaming counters, the obverse with a bust of Victoria, reverse with three playing cards, 2.1cm diameter; a 9 carat gold fob watch, no. 42617, three quarter plate movement, bar lever escapement, bimetallic balance, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, spade hands, subsidiary seconds dial, four piece hinged case, inner metal cover, the case with foliate engraved decoration, the back cover with engine turned decoration and a shield shaped vacant reserve, diameter 30mm; a gilt metal propelling pencil case, the body with engine turned decoration, chased floral bands and slider, inset with a seal, 8.8cm long; three other propelling pencils; seven fob seals; and other items
Lot 388
Ireland, Edward IV (1461-1483), Penny, Dublin mint, Suns and Roses coinage, c. 1478-1483, crowned facing bust, rose (left) and sun at neck, rev rose in centre, suns and roses in angles, [CIVITAS] DVB LIN, 0.54g (DF 167; S. 6393). Good fine, flan with slight curvature and somewhat short, but an exceptionally clear example and very rare thus.
![France, Louis XIV (1643-1715), silver Ecus (2), Ιcus aux trois couronnes, 1709 A [Paris], bust right, rev. three crowns, (Dav](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b854ca0a-7f5b-4f62-8d8f-a56f00fabd2f/6df1e3d6-38e5-47cb-be43-8f9555591f0a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 408
Russia, Peter the Great (1672-1682-1725), Memorial Medal, copper, 1725, by J. A. Dassier, bust right, rev, figures of Neptune and Bellona, city and ships beyond, 38mm (Diakov 63.12; Eisler 138); with Catherine II, 5-Kopeks, 1794 E-M. Both very fine. (2) The medal's reverse commemorates two of Peter's greatest accomplishments: the creation of the Baltic fleet and the construction of St Petersburg.
Lot 411
British Copper Penny Tokens, Thomas Spence, Copper Halfpenny of Charles Fox, 1796, by James, bust of Fox right, rev two boys playing on a turnstile, LITTLE TURNSTILE HALFPEN-NY (Conder p.278, 139; Atkins p.129, 603; D&H Middlesex 771); London Buildings, Peter Kempson series, Guildhall, Royal Exchange, Somerset House, Middlesex Hospital and St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden; Kempson Halfpennies; others. (qty) First extremely fine, others very fine to extremely fine, most with some original colour remaining.
Lot 413
Stephen MacDonald (1765-1840), Duke of Tarentum (1809) and Marshal of France (1811), complimentary copper medal, 1825, by Dieudonnι, uniformed bust left, rev. legend in 9 lines within oak and olive wreath, ARMΙES DU NORD, DE ROME DE NAPLES, DE RΙSERVE DES GRISONS, D'ITALIE D'ALLEMAGNE, DE CATALOGNE DE RUSSIE, DE PRUSSE DE LA LOIRE…, 51mm (Bramsen 1883), in red leather fitted case of issue, this in turn, in outer rectangular case with a gold brooch inset with a carnelian with gold cryptic text. Medal extremely fine.
Lot 418
The previously catalogued attribution to the Papillon collection is now believed to be incorrect. Sir Richard Shelley (b. 1514), Grand Prior of the Knights of Malta in England, later Turcopolier of infantry, cast bronze portrait medal, 1577, perhaps Venetian, perhaps by Bernard Rantwic, half-length bust right wearing armour bearing the cross of the Knights of Malta on breastplate, ruff collar and scarf tied at his right, 68.5mm (MI 127/74; cf Eim. 49; Schembri - ; cf Pollard 2007, II, 780; cf Kress 640; cf. Salton 151). An early aftercast (from a pierced example), very fine. Provenance:Ex. The Christopher Foley F.S.A. Collection of English Medals of the 15th-17th Centuries, Woolley & Wallis, 16 October 2014 (lot 58).
Lot 419
Duke of Wellington, Governor of Plymouth, copper medal, 1819, by T. Webb, bust left in high relief, rev. legend in 35 lines (BHM 986; Eimer 118); Wellington Halfpennies (4); and WM medal for his death; other medals, Death of Nelson, WM, 39mm; copper (3), Reform Bill, 1832, City of London series; Duke of Sunderland, Death, 1833; HMS Foudroyant, 1897. Generally very fine. (10)
Lot 422
The Duke of Wellington, shaped oval silver and gilt Memorial Brooch, 1852, by Elkington, Mason & Co., three dimensional bust of Wellington within alcove, cherubs hold laurel wreath above, his motto below, VIRTUTIS FORTUNA COMES, 67 x 42.5mm (Eimer, Wellington - ). Very fine and very rare. Elkington's received financial backing from the industrialist and philanthropist Josiah Mason in 1842 (renaming the firm Elkington, Mason & Co between 1842 and 1861)
Lot 424
The James Watt Medal of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic, First Class, in silver, awarded to Messrs Elkington & Sons in 1870; by William Wyon, "MESSRS ELKINGTON AND SONS FOR THE MILTON SHIELD", bust of Wall left, after Chantrey, rev, legend within palm and olive wreath, naming impressed on edge, 45mm. Choice, virtually mint state and a rare association item. The massive Milton Shield, decorated with scenes from Paradise Lost, was designed by Leonard Morel-Ladeuil (c. 1820-1888), especially for the Paris Exhibition of 1867 (where it won a gold medal). It served most successfully to raise the prestige and public awareness of the manufacturer, Elkington & Sons and highlighted the use of the electrotype process. Whilst the original is in the Victoria and Albert Museum a number of copies were made, one of which was sold in these rooms, 29 July, 2009 (lot 93), for £2400
Lot 443
Matthew Boulton's Medallic Scale, the original obverse and reverse dies, c.1803, by Conrad Heinrich Kόchler, obv: bust of Boulton in intaglio, in frock coat, his hair en queue, MATT BOULTON ESQR …, rev: around a central sun the medallic scale in six concentric circles, the details in French, 56 x 68mm; 52 x 67mm (Pollard 27; BHM 462; Eimer 901B), small alignment marks at compass points on both dies around 'medal'. Good fine, the obverse surface showing rust damage, especially towards end of legend. (2) Boulton had been angered by the French and, in particular Jean-Pierre Droz (1746-1823), who he had employed for a short while, but who now, he felt was claiming many of Boulton's inventions as his own. The medal spells out the many achievements of the Soho Mint in terms of output, etc. Boulton had originally conceived the idea of a smaller medal which was to be entrusted to another French medallist, R Dumarest, but Rouw's wax portrait of Boulton was undoubtedly worked by Kόchler. The legend indicates the number of coins or medals of the diameter of each particular circle, that could be struck per minute, "by eight children without fatigue….".
Lot 444
Russia, Alexander I (1777-1801-1825), Pattern Rouble, 1804, the original obverse die, by Conrad Heinrich KÏŒchler, his uniformed bust in intaglio, with high collar and Sash of Order, legend around, ALEXANDER I D:G IMP AVTOCR RVSSOR, 50 x 66mm (Pollard 29 (i); Diakov 293.1; Bitkin 691. Severin 2552; BDM VI, 396, illus), small alignment marks at compass points around 'coin'. Good fine, actual coin surface showing rust damage. The legend shows Alexander as, "By God's grace Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia". Portrait to the right. Boulton had made a gift of coins from the Soho mint to the Russian Court and was immediately commissioned to supply a complete mint to the Russian Government. This was shipped in 1800 immediately following a special act of Parliament that allowed the export. The portrait for this die and that in the the following lot, was modelled in London in wax by Peter Rouw from a bust of the Emperor in the possession of a Mr. Weissinghausen KÏŒchler then worked from the wax, though Boulton subsequently borrowed the bust for KÏŒchler to work from.
Lot 445
Russia, Alexander I (1777-1801-1825), Pattern Imperial, 1804, the original obverse die, by Conrad Heinrich KÏŒchler, his uniformed bust in intaglio, ALEXANDER I D:G IMP AVTOCR RVSSOR, 52 x 60mm (Pollard 29 (ii); Diakov:293.2; Bitkin Z 921(837); Severin:2550), alignment marks at compass points around 'coin'. Good fine, actual coin surface showing rust damage. See note to previous lot.
Lot 446
Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805), Matthew Boulton's Trafalgar Medal, 1805, the original obverse and reverse dies, by Conrad Heinrich Kόchler, obv: uniformed bust of Nelson, HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON K.B. DUKE OF BRONTE. &c, rev: view of the naval engagement, ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY, exergue: TRAFALGAR. OCT. 21. 1805; the reverse die with deep alignment cut on edge, 55 x 68mm, 57 x 71mm (BHM.584; Milford Haven 1919, 496; Eimer 960; Pollard, NC 1970, 30). Good fine, actual medal surface showing rust damage. (2) There were three attempts to obtain a life-like portrait of Nelson, the Nelson family and Lady Hamilton both rejected the first, taken from a drawing by Lady Beechey. Lady Hamilton then provided a miniature and Boulton's friend J. Furnell Tuffin provided a drawing by Simon de Koster, but again this was rejected. Lady Hamilton then provided a wax portrait by Catherine Andras (1775-1860), which she believed to be "the most striking likeness". The reverse battle-scene was designed by the marine artist Richard Clevely, who took it "at the time the Royal Sovereign is going into action partly enveloped in smoke …". The medal was finally completed in October 1806 and the King was presented with a specimen at breakfast on the 24th
Lot 447
Matthew Boulton, 10th Anniversary of his Death, 1819, the master puncheon die for the obverse of the Memorial Medal, by G F Pidgeon, in the style of Kόchler and after Peter Rouw, bust right, in frock coat, his hair en queue, in positive, without legend, but signed PIDGEON F below bust, 56 x 80mm (cf BHM 976; Eimer 1114; Pollard pp 316-318). Good fine, actual medal surface showing some rust damage. Work on the Memorial Medal commenced early in 1812 and as Rouw's wax of 1803 had been broken, he had to prepare a new one for Pidgeon to work from. It was finished in 1815, and the reverse was commenced in November of that year. The obverse squeeze illustrated by Pollard, pl XXIII, 3, differs from the present bust in having no tie to the queue. Pollard quotes Matthew Robinson Boulton writing that it had been completed, "after innumerable obstacles & disappointments…. And finally by the death of the engraver in the progress of the work ….".
Lot 1125
FERRUZZI VIRGILIO, ITALIAN MARBLE BUST, FLORENCE, EARLY 20TH C., H 13", W 14", JOAN OF ARCSigned "Ferruzzi Virgilio Firenze" on the reverse (see photo). Measures H.13" x 14" x 6".There is a chip to the front of the bust along the base, approximately 1" x 1" (evident in the phot), as well as several minor nicks to the corners of the base; overall, the bust appears to be in good condition. Chs For High Resulotion Photos visit Dumouchelles website
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