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Lot 1401
A set of four framed, pencil and charcoal on paper sketches, two showing nude female figure studies, the other two, one indistinctly signed, dated 1950, the other dated `51, inscribed `Stanley Spencer`, showing bust length portraits, 32cm x 40cm, 34cm x 34cm, 47cm x 37cm and 41.5cm x 31cm, (4).
Lot 338
A group of silver items to include; cylindrical ornate relief moulded perfume bottle with floral and scroll design with glass liner, lacking inner stopper, hallmarked Birmingham 1895, silver footed bowl with lion head bust handle sides, body engraved `Kleen-E-ze Nor-West Parent competition 1st. 6 periods 1933, presented by W. Ackroyd, D.M. to W.H. Brace Liverpool`, hallmarked Birmingham 1932, three piece silver condiment set comprising of pepperette, open salt and lidded mustard pot, hallmarked Birmingham 1937 with two silver condiment spoons.
Lot 202
A black basalt part tea service commemorating the Battle of Vitoria, dated 1813, each piece inscribed `India Portugal Spain Vittoria 21st June 1813`, the reverses applied with a bust of Wellington being crowned by Britannia, the spouts modelled as mythical beasts. Comprising: a teapot and cover, a sugar bowl and cover, and a milk jug. (5)
Lot 1690
EUROPEAN COINS FROM THE ÅKE LINDÉN COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA Kingdom and Republic Coinage (approx 70), including Alexander I, Silver 50-Dinara, 1932 (no signature below bust), 20- and 10-Dinara, Post War Zinc coinage, Federal Republic Aluminium coinage and later base metal issues, as well as Silver Proof 50- and 20-Dinara, 1968, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Republic. The Proofs in silver uncirculated, the others in various grades. (lot)
Lot 1789
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Peace of Breda, Gold Medal, 1667, by John Roettier, laureate bust of King Charles II right, * CAROLVS. SCVNDVS. DEI. GRACIA. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET. HIBER. REX, rev Britannia seated left at the base of a rock contemplating her navies, FAVENTE DEO, in exergue BRITANNIA, edge reads CAROLVS * SECVNDVS * ET * IMPERII * RESTITVTOR * AVGVSTVS, 53mm (Eimer 241; MI i 535/185; vLoon II 544). Some minor marks, exhibiting the same minor die flaws as the piece illustrated by Eimer, otherwise about extremely fine and of the highest rarity. Large early English gold medals are of the highest rarity and hardly ever available in the open market. Collectors of high denomination English gold coins will note that there are no 5-Guineas of 1667 (in fact there is only the Guinea). In a 45 year survey of British auction catalogues, 139 5-Guineas dated 1668 were recorded and this date is considered relatively common in the series. By contrast a mere handful of the present medals may exist.
Lot 1790
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS William III, The State of Britain, Following the Peace of Ryswick, large Copper Medal, 1697, by John Croker, laureate bust of William right with flowing hair and mantle over decorative armour, rev Britannia seated by shield and holding trident, RESTITVTORI, in exergue BRITANNIA MDCXCVII, 69.5mm (MI 192/499; Eimer 372; Pax 348; vLoon IV, 250). A superb medallic portrait, extremely fine.
Lot 1794
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Anne, The Union with Scotland, Copper Medal, 1713, by John Croker, crowned bust left, wearing mantle over armour, and Collar and George of the Garter, rev Anne as Pallas, standing with spear and shield, NOVÆ PALLADIVM TROIÆ, 69.5mm (MI 298/115; Eimer 423; vL IV, 439). Good very fine, perhaps a little better.
Lot 1798
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Ireland, Orange Association, Silver Medal, c.1798, by W Mossop, laureate and armoured bust of William III left, THE GLORIOUS & IMMORTAL MEMORY 1690 around, rev Royal arms and supporters, 34mm, integral suspension loop and ring (BHM -; D&W 172/554). Good very fine.
Lot 1799
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS William Pitt, the Younger (1759-1806), Liverpool Pitt Club, Glazed and Gilt-silver Member’s Medal (1814), by T Wyon Jr, bust left, after Nollekens, rev Britannia, who protects Commerce and Europe, is crowned by Peace and Victory, BRITAIN VICTORIOUS - TYRANNY OVERTHROWN., 55.5mm, gilt-metal rim with watch-type suspender (BHM 836; Eimer 1039, note). Nearly extremely fine, some light toning on the reverse.
Lot 1800
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Duke of Wellington, Victories of the Peninsular War, Bronze Box Medal, 1815, by J Porter for E Orme, bust of Wellington left, rev Victory seated under a tree and inscribing a tablet, 74mm, containing the full set of 13 aquatint roundels depicting battle scenes, in case (not original) (BHM 866; Eimer, Wellington 80; Eimer 1074). The medal very fine, the contents in excellent order though no longer linked, scarce.
Lot 1803
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS The Duke of Wellington, large oval bronzed Memorial Shield (1853), by Emile Jeannest, made by the electrotype process, medallic bust supported by two Fames with trumpets, a mourning Britannia below with lion and unicorn, arms at top and military engagements to left and right, 208mm x 249mm (Eimer, Wellington 182). Very fine and very rare. Believed to have been made by Elkington & Co, for whom Jeannest worked.
Lot 1808
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Queen Victoria, The Dedication of Epping Forest, Copper Medal, 1882, by Charles Wiener, for the City of London Series, crowned bust left, wearing sash and Orders, rev Londinia faces the Queen within a forest setting, 76mm, (BDM 3128; Eimer 1689; W 17). Virtually mint state. only 400 specimens struck
Lot 1809
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS Colonial and Indian Exhibition, Copper Medal, 1886, by L C Wyon, awarded to the “British Bee Keepers Association”, bust of the Prince of Wales left, rev legend within and around wreath, 52mm (Pudd 886 1.2; BHM 3209 var; Eimer 1725 var). Nearly extremely fine, stain on obverse.
Lot 1815
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, EGYPT Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazarino (1602-1661), diplomat, and politician, Chief Minister of France from 1642, large struck Silvered-bronze Restitutional Medal, signed F C A G A E, c.1650, bust right wearing cap and cape, rev Atlas passes the globe to a deceived Hercules, HI DVO ILLE SOLVS, 93.5mm, 19th century (cf Maz II, CXV, 1; TN LXVI). Good very fine with high relief.
Lot 1819
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, FRANCE Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), Silver Medal, 1674, by Joseph Roettiers, on the capture of the Spanish held Franche-Comté, armoured bust right with long flowing hair, signed with monogram, LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISS, rev Louis rides in triumphal quadriga to right, trampling military trophies and shields with the arms of the conquered cities, DE SEQVANIS ITERVM, 62mm, probably struck in first quarter of the 19th century (TN -; cf Divo 132; cf vL III, 137, these smaller (41mm) and by Mauger). Good extremely fine and very rare. ex Nomos AG Auction 5, 25 October 2011, lot 70, catalogued as by John Roettier Louis XIV had every reason to celebrate the action in which he led the French forces against a much larger Spanish force.
Lot 1824
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GERMANY Prussia, Frederick The Great (1712-1740-1786), The Silesian War, Silver Box Medal, 1759 (issued 1763), by Johann Melchior Mörikofer, armoured bust left wearing ermine mantle, rev seated figure of History writing in book, Time at her feet, VERITATIS PARADOXA, containing only the dedication portrait roundel 50mm, in original green polished shagreen case, (Olding 667; Pressler 466; Mers 4758; Koch 2809; cf Julius 2391; BDM IV, 110)). Box in choice condition, extremely fine, lid of shagreen case much warped.
Lot 1829
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE Crete, Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869-1957), High Commissioner of Crete (1898-1906), First International Exposition, Kania (Chania), Silver Award Medal, 1900, bemedalled and facing bust of Prince George, rev legend and date, oak and olive wreath, 60mm. Good extremely fine, toned, rare in silver.
Lot 1831
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, GREECE George I (1845-1863-1913), Nikolaos Votsis (1877-1931), later Rear Admiral, the Balkan Wars, Bronze Portrait Medal, 1912, struck in Paris, uniformed and bemedalled bust left, rev date, 18-19 October 1912, within wreath, 57.5mm. Pale bronze, extremely fine. Nikolaos Votsis was a celebrated figure in the Balkan Wars. The dates on the medal commemorate the Treaty of Lausanne on the 18 October and the invasion of Western Turkey by the Balkan League on the 19 October. He is best remembered for the sinking of the Turkish ship Feth-i Bülend in the harbour at Thessaloniki (where his bust still stands), on 31 October 1912.
Lot 1837
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Francesco I Sforza (1401-1466), 4th Duke of Milan, Lead Memorial Medal (1466), by Sperandio da Mantova (c.1425-1504), bust three-quarters right, FRANCISCVS SFORTIA VICE COMES DVX MEDIOLANI QVARTVS, rev façade of a Renaissance building, OPVS SPERANDEI, 90mm (Hill, Corpus 361; Pollard [2007] 94; Arm I, 74, 42). An original cast of a rare medal, but in well-worn condition, knocks to high spots and pierced at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock. The portrait seems to be based on a painted portrait (now lost), whilst the reverse is believed to be the design for a memorial chapel by the Florentine architect and sculptor, Antonio di Pietro Averlino (c.1400-c.1469). His most famous project was the bronze doors for the old St Peter’s Basilica, completed in 1445. More relevant to the medal is his design for Sforzinda, the (unbuilt) plan for the first ideal city of the Renaissance.
Lot 1838
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Costanzo Sforza (1447-1483), Lord of Pesaro, cast Bronze Medal, 1475, by Gianfrancesco Enzola (active 1455-1478), bust of Costanzo in armour to left, CONSTANTIVS SFORTIA DE ARAGONIA …, rev the castle at Pesaro with its several towers, INEXPVGNABILE CASTELLVM … (Hill, Corpus 294; Pollard [2007] 140; Kress 97). A later cast, good very fine.
Lot 1849
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Alexander VII (1599-1655-1667), Fabio Chigi, large cast Bronze Medal, 1659, by Gioacchino Francesco Travani, with the reverse design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, bearded bust left wearing robes and cap, ALEXANDER VII. P.M. PIVS. IVST. OPT. SENN. PATR. GENTE. CHISIVS. MDCLIX, rev Androcles in the Circus Maximus, holding shield and with sword raised, the lion crouched at his feet, a cheering crowd behind, MVNIFICO. PRINCIPI. DOMINICVS. IACOBATIVS., in scroll below ET. FERA. MEMOR. BENEFICII., 98mm (Molinari 96; Varriano 79; Venuti XX, Miselli 567; Vannel-Toderi 504; Börner 1177; Lincoln 1192; Ciechanowiecki 255; Clifford (Spink/Christie, 21 May 1996), lot 186). A superb original cast with light patination, extremely fine. The medal is said to commemorate the end of the plague in Rome and was commissioned by Domenico Jacobacci. Clifford states the medal to be “probably the finest and most ambitious example of Italian medallic art of the seventeenth century”. The involvement of Bernini is well documented; it was his idea to use the lion as a symbol of remembrance (the lion recognises the gladiator who had once pulled a thorn from its foot). A photocopy letter from Graham Pollard at the Fitzwilliam Museum (3 April 1987), states, “Your superb Alexander VII … is of comparable quality to the museum example.”
Lot 1850
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Antonio Magliabechi (1633-1714), Grandducal Librarian to Cosimo III de’ Medici, struck Copper Medal, undated, by Maria Antonio di Gennaro (active 1702 to his death in 1744), bust right, his hair long and unkempt, rev Magliabechi seated in garden, reading beneath a tree, beyond him a beggar, SCIRE NOSTRVM REMINISCI, 45mm (BDM II, 240, illustrated; V&T, Bargello III, 775; Johnson 311; Clifford 284; Hall Collection (Baldwin’s Auction 64, 4 May 2010), lot 435). About extremely fine.
Lot 1853
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, ITALY Vatican, Pope Francis (1936-2013- ), Bronz Annual Medal, Year 1, by Mariangela Crisciotti, facing bust of Pope, rev Christ and the collector of taxes, legend around with error spelling LESVS for IESVS, 44mm, numbered on edge 2063/4000, in case and box of issue with certificate; another, 2424/4000, with corrected legend. Both mint state. (2) The medal was issued in October 2013 and almost immediately recalled. It is not known how many of the original edition of 4000 specimens showing the error survived.
Lot 1860
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Catherine II, the Great (1729-1762-1796), Uniface White Bisque Ceramic Medal, c.1765, after T Ivanov, her crowned and enrobed bust right, legend around, the reverse with scratched mark “M” or “W”, 54.5mm, contained in a slender contemporary gilt-metal mount with leaf design and suspension loop. Much as made, wonderfully decorative, good very fine and very rare. The mark is perhaps the Italic M of the Sèvres factory, c.1764-1769.
Lot 1861
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Alexander I (1777-1801-1825), Pointed Oval Gold-backed Brooch, perhaps a memorial item, the centre a glazed portrait bust to right, by William Tassie, against a blue background, the border set with matched paste brilliants, the back with brooch-pin setting and small suspension ring, 34.5mm x 21mm. A most pleasing item and in excellent condition. Catherine the Great had been a great patron to James Tassie, ordering thousands of copies of classical carved gemstones after those in British public and private collections. These were delivered between 1783 and 1788, in specially made cabinets, accompanied by a five-volume handwritten catalogue. When James’s nephew William inherited the business he continued to deal with Russia and his work would have been well known to Alexander I.
Lot 1863
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Nicholas I (1825-1855), Unveiling of his Equestrian Statue in St Petersburg, Silver Medal, low purity silver of.500 fineness, 1859, by P Brusnitsyn, bust left in uniform with breast-plate, wearing eagle-topped helmet, rev the statue and plinth, 86mm (Diakov 681.1 R2). Light surface marks, toned, nearly extremely fine. The equestrian statue in St Isaac’s Square was designed by Auguste Ricard de Monferrand and was a technical wonder in its time for the way it balanced only on the horse’s two back legs. The plinth is of Finnish granite, decorated with sculptures executed by Russia’s leading sculptors. The monument, which took three years to complete, is one of the very few Imperial sculptural monuments to have survived the Soviet era.
Lot 1865
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, RUSSIA Nicholas II (1868-1894-1918), Laying the Foundation Stone of the Alexander III Bridge in Paris, 1896, and its Inauguration, 1900, Silvered-bronze Medal, by Daniel Dupuis, Alexandra Feodorowna holding small gavel, accompanied by Marianne and watched by Peace, lays the foundation stone beneath a bust of the late Tsar, rev River Goddess of the Seine and child recline before the bridge, legend in twelve lines below, 70mm, in maroon leather case of issue, the lid stamped with gilt border and “PONT ALEXANDRE III” (Diakov 1320.1). Struck with matt surface, virtually mint state. The bridge was designed by Joseph Cassien-Bernard and Gaston Cousin and built by Jean Résal and Amédée d’Alby. It was inaugurated ahead of the Paris International Exposition of 1900.
Lot 1870
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Poland, Johann III, Sobieski (1629-1684-1696), The Eternal Peace Treaty, 1686, between Poland and Russia, Silvered-bronze Medal (1686), by Giovanni Battista Guglielmada, crowned and enrobed bust of Sobieski right, rev Sobieski standing clasping hands with Tsarevna Sophia Alexeevna, their feet on up-turned crescent moon (Turkey), PAX FVNDATA CVM MOSCHIS, in exergue DECENNALIA AVG, 65.5mm (Sokolov 39; cf Hcz 2523). A struck medal, sharp very fine and very rare. This treaty confirmed the earlier Treaty of Andrusova, 1667, where Russia and Poland agreed control of separate parts of Ukraine and also not to enter into future treaties with the Turks. The pact was highly important in the Eastern European struggle against Turksh Tartars as, by signing it, Russia joined the anti-Turkish coalition of Poland, the Holy Roman Empire and Venice.
Lot 1874
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Great Britain, George I (1660-1714-1727), The Treaty of Passarowitz, Silver Medal, 1718, by J Croker, laureate bust right in armour, rev the King standing below draped hangings, points at Morea on a library globe, PACIS ARBITER, 45.5mm (MI 437/39; Eimer 479; Pax 482; Nuri Pere 1156). Very fine, slight marking to metal behind King’s head.
Lot 1875
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Prussia, Asmi Achmet Effendi, Turkish Ambassador to the Prussian Court of Friedrich Wilhelm II, at Berlin, Silver Medal, 1791, bearded bust left, wearing turban, rev legend and date in seven lines, ZUM ANDENCKEN BEY., 29mm (Friedensburg/Seger 4554; Henckel 1922; ME 363; Voltolina 1737). Extremely fine.
Lot 1876
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, France, First Republic, Napoleon, Battle of the Pyramids, Copper Medal, 1798, by A Bovy, uniformed bust right, rev Napoleon on horseback amongst standing soldiers, Pyramids beyond, SOLDATS! DU HAUT DE CES PYRAMIDES 40 SIECLES NOUS CONTEMPLENT, 41mm (d’E 769), struck with C and anchor privy mark (1822-1842), 41mm. Good extremely fine.
Lot 1880
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, France, Napoleon III, The Battle of Inkermann, Copper Medal, 1854, by E A Oudiné, bust of Napoleon III left, rev two winged Victories of France and Britain with, behind, vanquished Turkish and Russian warriors, 72.5mm (Divo 211). Nearly extremely fine, small scuffs by B of BATAILLE, rare.
Lot 1882
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, France, Napoleon III, The Capture of Sebastopol, Copper Medal, 1855, by Desaide Roquelay Sr, laureate bust left, rev legend on shield amidst military trophies, PRISE DE SÉBASTOPOL …, 46mm (Divo 275). Choice extremely fine, scarce.
Lot 1886
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, TURKEY and the Ottoman Empire, and the wars against them, Enver Pasha (1881-1922), Minister and Military Commander, arched rectangular Zinc Portrait Plaquette, 1911-1912 (AH 1330-1331), by G Herrmann (Vienna), bust left wearing bemedalled uniform and fez, rev two soldiers on the banks of the Bosphorous, crescent moon and star above, within decorative arch both sides, 70mm x 44mm (cf Baldwin’s Auction 41, lot 1861, and Auction 49, lot 1501). Very fine, scarce.
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