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Lot 2808
A rare 18th century commemorative medal, the hanging of John Curtis for the murder of Wolf Myers.50mm diameter, engraved: 'I. CURTIS HUNG IN CHAINS NEAR SARUM MARCH 14 1768' around the edge, the centre is engraved with a junction of three roads; to Shaston, SARUM and Blandford. A gibbet with a hanged man bisects the Blandford and Shaston roads. Also drawn is a circular pit, a barn and a church. The obverse of the coin is engraved: 'FOR THE ROBBERY & MURDER of WOLF MYERS' around the edge and 'Dec 28 1767' in a circle in the centre.Suspected of the brutal murder of a Jewish pedlar, Wolf Meyer, in 1767, sailor John Curtis was tracked to his ship, H.M.S. Achilles, then berthed in Gosport. Brought back to Salisbury he was convicted and hanged, and his body was then suspended in chains near the scene of the murder. The Salisbury Journal recorded at the time that "the body of a person who had been most barbarously murdered, was found thrown into a pit ...about two miles from [Salisbury].... round the head lay several large flint stones; and not far from the place...the blade of a large knife....there appeared to be a large fracture in the skull, a deep and mortal stab in the lower part of the belly from the groin upwards.....Upon enquiry he appeared to be a travelling Jew, Woolfe by name.." Circumstances drew suspicion on a sailor who had claimed that he himself had been assaulted and robbed. Apprehended aboard H.M.S. Achilles, and found in possession of various incriminating items such as a pedlar's box, he was "executed for murder....and afterwards hung in chains near the place where he had committed the fact". John Curtis (or possibly Courtine "a Portugeze [sic]") was 27 years of age, and he denied his guilt to the last. Reference: Captain B.H. Cunnington, 'Some 18th and 19th Century Wiltshire Tokens.'Two similar, smaller examples are held in the collection of Wiltshire Museum.Sold together with three back & white photographs of the medal and a page of typed text describing the similar medals from 'Commemorative Medals' by J.R.S. Whiting.Provenance: From the estate of Douglas Robert Alexander, recipient of the DFM, lot 217, sold in our August 13th Books & Collectors Items Sale.
Lot 1426
TIFFANY & CO; a sterling silver ladle decorated with bird amongst branches and flowers in relief to handle, marked to stem reverse, length 18cm, also a small silver pedestal/stem cup with import marks for Berthold Hermann Muller, London 1913, height 8cm, also a white metal wine funnel engraved 'FCR' and spirit ladle with coin inset to bowl, first two items approx 3.8ozt (4). Additional InformationWear and tear throughout, particularly to funnel and spirit ladle, surface scratches, nicks, minor indentations, etc.
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