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Lot 192
Victoria, florins (2), 1887 jh, 1900; sixpence 1897, virtually mint state; with Bristol shilling token, 1811 (D. 26) and sixpence, 1878 (pierced); florin, 1910, crown, 1935, very fine or better; et infra (1); George VI, Coronation, 1937, official large-size silver medal, 57mm, in leather case of issue and small-size medals in silver (boxed) and bronze, 32mm (BHM 4314), virtually mint state (11)
Lot 214
Armenia, modern gold medal depicting Tigranes II, “8 gr. pure gold”, 8.75g, mint state; Italy, Venice, over-sized modern imitation of a zecchino of A. Mocenigo IV, 8.00g, very fine; Netherlands, ducat, 1974, 3.48g, mint state; Turkey, ¼ zeri mahbub and rumi altin, 1223h; 100 kurush, 1255h, year 17, fine (6)
Lot 251
*Italy, Carmagnola, Ludovico II di Saluzzo (1475-1504) and Margarita de Foix, 10 scudi d’oro, 1503, lvdovicvs marchio et margarita d fois m s, confronting busts of Ludovico, wearing a hat and the collar of the Order of St. Michael, and Margarita wearing a veil; below, 1503, rev., si devs pro nobis qvis contra nos – followed by j and jc monogram, shield of Saluzzo and Foix superimposed on crowned eagle with spread wings, 43.5mm, 34.33g (CNI II, 135, this piece; Ravegnani Morosini 13, this piece; Bellesia 1, this piece noted; Forrer, BDM I, 442, this piece noted; Armand II, 122, 13; MIR 134; F. 157), some edge smoothing and with a few scratches, some double striking, very fine to extremely fine and of the highest rarity. Ex collection of the Teutonic Order, Vienna; ex Prince Montenuovo collection, Vienna; ex Cav. Giancarlo Rossi collection, Dura & Sambon auction, Rome, 6 December 1880, lot 771; ex Alfred Morrison collection, Christie’s, 23 July 1965, lot 60; and ex Christie’s, 23 November 1971, lot 90. Details of the coin collection of the Teutonic Order (the Deutscher Orden) can be found in Des Hohen Deutschen Ritterordens Münz-Sammlung in Wien (Vienna, 1858) by Dr. B. Dudik who devoted the first chapter (pp. 1-16) to its background. Wide ranging in its scope, in the late 18th century it seems that it was decided to concentrate the collection only on coins that related directly to the Order and in August 1843 Dudik noted that 999 coins (205 in gold, 724 in silver and 70 in copper) were sold to the Viennese coin dealer Anton Promber. While it has not been possible to locate a precise listing of the coins sold in this transaction it is possible that the present coin formed part of this group. If this was the case it was presumably Promber who sold the coin to Prince Montenuovo, the celebrated Viennese coin collector from whom it passed into the equally celebrated Rossi collection of Italian coins in Rome. At the Rossi sale it was described as unique and realised the second highest price in the auction – 2,300 gold lire. Thereafter its whereabouts seems to have been lost until it appeared for sale at Christie’s in 1965 as part of the renowned collection of Alfred Morrison of Fonthill House, Wiltshire. In the sale catalogue no mention of its earlier provenance to Rossi etc. was made and it was described as “cast and chased, very fine and very rare”. Under these circumstances it remained unsold and was subsequently offered for sale, unillustrated, in the Christie’s 1971 auction where it was purchased by Alan Thomas, the London book seller and antiquarian, now deceased. Alfred Morrison (1821-97) was a major collector of paintings, works of art, manuscripts and autographs as well as coins and medals. He inherited a large fortune from his millionaire father James Morrison (1790-1857) who was a textile merchant, Member of Parliament and early investor in railways on the Continent and in America. Alfred Morrison’s residencies were at Fonthill House, Wiltshire and at Carlton House Terrace in London and he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1857. His numismatic collection was exceptional with Christie’s staging a single auction devoted to 98 important European gold coins and medals, from which the present piece emanates. A second sale on 1 March 1966 was mainly devoted to European medals in silver and bronze and both sales were held on the instructions of his grandson, Lord Margadale of Islay, T.D. Some confusion arose after the Rossi sale of 1880 when Leonard Forrer wrote an article in Spink’s Numismatic Circular of November 1897 entitled “A 10 Zecchini Piece of Louis II, Marquis of Saluzzo, and his Consort, Marguerite de Foix, dated 1503”. The article announced the discovery of a second example of the coin in gold, comparing it to the Rossi coin but, uncharacteristically for Forrer, it contained a number of errors (by coincidence the article appeared one month before the death of Alfred Morrison in December 1897, at the age of 76). Firstly, Forrer stated that the Rossi coin was bought at the 1880 sale for the Royal collection in Turin (but this was not the case and no gold coin of this type exists in Turin). Secondly, he gave the weight of his new coin as 41g but this would indicate a coin to the weight of 12 zecchini not 10, or more correctly 12 scudi d’oro. Thirdly, he misread the end of the reverse legend as an n rather than a j followed by a jc monogram. Forrer returned to the subject in his Biographical Dictionary of Medallists (vol. 1, London, 1904, p. 442). As regards this so-called second example, G.F. Hill in A Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance before Cellini (London, 1930) stated in a footnote to medal no. 711 on page 181, where he regards the issue as a coin and not a medal, that “the gold piece…..weighs 40.93g, and appears to me to be a cast” (Hill mistakenly thought the heavier coin was ex Montenuovo but went on to mention three English collectors who owned it). The current whereabouts of this heavier coin, said by Hill to be a cast, is unknown. The present coin is struck from the same dies as an example in silver in the Numismatica Ars Classica auction (Asta 85) of the Ravegnani Morosini collection, 24th May 2015, lot 11. On the obverse the same die flaw beneath the d of d fois appears clearly on both coins. However, one alteration has been made on the obverse die between the striking of the silver coin and the present gold coin in that the stop appearing between the m and the s on the silver coin has been altered to a rosette on the gold version. This would tend to indicate that the gold coin was struck after the silver one and yet the freshness of the reverse die suggests that it was not struck very much later. Much has been written about the significance of the letters at the end of the reverse legend which appear as a j followed by a jc monogram and they have been interpreted as the initials of the die engraver. These same letters appear on the reverse of the rare silver talleros of 1516 featuring the bust of Margarita de Foix in a widow’s veil (Hill 711; CNI II, p. 71, 1; Ravegnani Morosini p. 107, 1). Armand in 1883 (vol. III, 204, c) suggested a German medallist so the initials would stand for Januae Johannes Clot (“John Clot of Genoa”) who evidently worked briefly at the mint in Genoa in the early 16th century. This attribution was followed by Forrer in 1904 (BDM I, 442). Others however have linked the initials to members of the da Clivate family who were involved with the Carmagnola mint, with Revegnani Morosini and, more recently, Travaini and Prokisch (Quaderni Ticinesi di Numismatica e Antichità Classische XXXIX, 2010, pp. 414-15 and pl. II, 7a) suggesting that the die engraver was Gianluca da Clivate, the brother of Francesco who was master of the mint at Carmagnola at the time of Ludovico’s death in 1504 and again in 1510. For other overviews on the subject see Scher in Currency of Fame, p. 116 and the forthcoming volume 12 of Medieval European Coinage, chapter 3, section (s). If indeed the reverse die is engraved by Gianluca da Clivate one wonders whether the obverse die is also by him or by a different artist because the style between the two sides of the coin is markedly different. In particular the lettering on the obverse has a somewhat squat appearance compared to the more elegant style found on the reverse where the letters fill the gap perfectly between the inner and outer borders in a way that is hardly the case on the obverse. The letter a on the obverse appears flat-topped whereas on the reverse it is engraved with a pointed top. CNI listed ten varieties of the silver version of this issue, the so-called tallero of 40 grossi (CNI 135-145; Ravegnani Morosini 14-15)
Lot 345
*France, The Rulers of France, a series of 77 silver medals by J. Dassier and others, comprising issues from Pharamond to Napoleon III, the medals up to the time of Louis Philippe I numbered consecutively from 1 to 72, the unnumbered pieces comprising the initial explanatory medal and a further four pieces marking the French Revolution, Napoleon II and Napoleon III as Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, President of the 2nd Republic in 1848, and as Emperor in 1852, each around 32mm diameter (cf. BDM I, 516), mainly very fine, some better and housed in a glazed frame (78 x 55cms.) so as to display both the obverses and reverses of the medals (lot)
Lot 346
*France, Peace of Amiens, copper-gilt medal by Droz, lettered edge dated an dix / mdcccii, bare head of Napoleon, as Consul, left, bonaparte pr. consul de la rep. fran., rev., le retour d’astree, Astræa striding the Globe, 40mm (Bramsen 199), old, light test-mark on reverse rim and light traces of handling, extremely fine
Lot 348
*Germany, Saxony, Consecration of the Chapel in the Königstein Fortress, 1676, silver medal or medallic 1½ thalers, by E.C. Dürr and M.H. Omeis, 1676, on a broad flan, obv., arms of Saxony within garlanded wreath with Elector’s cap, rev., legend in 11 lines, 53mm, 43.9g (Dass. 906; cf. Mers. 2530), minor surface marks, extremely fine and lightly toned, rare
Lot 349
Great Britain, (George III), Samuel Fereday, Ironmaster, of Ettingshall Park, Staffs., silver medal by P. Wyon, c. 1814, bust left, rev., a friend to his country, 50mm (BHM 784), with frosted finish and set in glazed frame with silver rim and suspension loop, as struck and in original red leather fitted case; together with a second example struck in bronze, extremely fine (2). Ex Glendining’s, 22 November 1989, lot 266 and O’Byrne collection, Christie’s, July 1962.
Lot 350
Great Britain, (George IV), John Rennie, Engineer, Opening of Sheerness Basin and Docks, 1823, bronze medal by W. Bain, head of Rennie left, rev., a view of the basin and docks, 64mm (BHM 1220); Death of John Rennie, 1821, bronze medal by W. Bain, head left, rev., a list of some of his engineering projects, 64mm (BHM 1162), both good extremely fine (2). Ex Glendining’s, 22 November 1989, lot 316 and O’Byrne collection, Christie’s, July, 1962.
Lot 351
Great Britain, (George III – Victoria), white metal medals (10) of Wesley, Nelson, George III Jubilee, Wellington, George IV death, Louis Philippe’s London visit 1844, re-opening of Royal Exchange, John Williams missionary ship, the Great Exhibition, Foundation of Sunday Schools (BHM 358, 452, 644, 745, 1392, 2150, 2178, 2201, 2459, 3088), four pierced; bronze medals (5) for the death of Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1830 (BHM 1448 and 1450), London Missionary Society, Livingstone medal (BHM 2959; Eimer 1626, in case of issue), Sir John Pope-Hennessy, 1888 by Roty (BHM 3360) and a Poodle Club prize medal, 1910; with brass medallets (3, BHM 1291, 1547, 1548), mainly extremely fine (18)
Lot 352
*Great Britain, Victoria, International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883, gold medal by L.C. Wyon and J. Pinches, crowned bust left, rev., elaborate design of fresh water and sea water fishing, 62.40g, 45mm (BHM 3153; Eimer 1694), with unofficial gold loop and ring for suspension, some obverse scuffs, extremely fine, in original leather case
Lot 353
*Great Britain, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, The Lawrence Memorial Medal, 1898, in gold, cast and chased, by Alfred Gilbert, awarded to T.J. Horder, facing bust of Sir William Lawrence within scrolled cartouche; st bartholomews hospit william lawrence 1783-1867 around, rev., a naked youth pushing through shields held by draped allegorical figures who point to a Greek inscription (“ever to excel”); inscribed above, t. j. horder and dated below 1898, 55.5mm, 22ct., 100.70g (BDM II, 263 and VII, 261), minor edge marks, extremely fine and extremely rare (in an Art Union case). Sir Thomas Jeeves Horder, later Baron Horder of Ashford (1871-1955) whose career mostly centred at St. Bartholomew’s, held Royal Appointments to three monarchs, lastly that of Extra Physician to Elizabeth II. The Lawrence Memorial scholarship was initiated in 1873 with a medal first awarded in 1876. The Lawrence family evidently so disliked the portrait that in 1891 Gilbert was commissioned to produce a new one. The plaster and a gold medal were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897. Gilbert was involved in the production of the first four, only two of which appear to have survived – this example and one in 18ct. gold in the possession of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Gilbert fled to Belgium in 1901 to escape his creditors and all subsequent medals were aftercasts in 9ct. gold.
Lot 354
*Great Britain, George VI, Coronation, 1937, official gold medal by Percy Metcalfe for the Royal Mint, large size, crowned bust left, rev., crowned bust left of Queen Elizabeth, 57 mm (BHM 4314; Eimer 2046; Woll. 29), light hairlines, a few slight scratches on reverse, extremely fine or better, in original case [274 struck]
Lot 355
*India, Opening of the Bombay Mint, 1828, bronze medal, lion and palm tree design after Flaxman, rev., seven line inscription within laurel wreath, 63.5mm (Pudd. 828.1 where only recorded in silver), a few minor marks but virtually as struck and extremely rare, unrecorded in bronze, with the original bronzed-tin shells of issue (these somewhat battered). Puddester only recorded the medal in silver and rated its rarity in that metal as “less than a dozen specimens known”. The present medal, unrecorded in bronze, may be a trial striking. A silver medal was included in the St. James auction 20, 18 November 2011, lot 567.
Lot 357
*India, Maharaja of Vizianagram’s medal for Queen’s College, Benares, bronze medal (1875) by L.C. Wyon, facing bust of Maharaja Vijayarama Gajapati Raju (1845-79), rev., double-bladed knife, ever loyal, 45mm (Pudd. 875.3.1; BDM VI, 628), extremely fine and very rare. Ex Glendining’s, 22 November 1989, lot 417. Puddester noted this example in his footnote. Said to have previously been in the O’Byrne collection, Christie’s, July 1962, but not specifically described in the catalogue.
Lot 358
*Italy, Don Inigo d’Avalos, bronze medal by Antonio di Puccio, called Pisanello, c.1449-50, don inigo de davalos, bust right wearing fur-trimmed cloak over high-collared shirt and broad rolled hood with drapery falling from crown to shoulder, rev., per vvi se fa – opvs pisani pictoris, the Avalos coat of arms over a globe with starry sky above a mountainous landscape with buildings and the sea below, 78mm (Hill 44; Armand I, 2, 1; Pollard 24 = Kress 22; Scher, Currency of Fame 9), twice pierced, the edge with transverse file marks, a very fine contemporary cast with some roughness and pitting but with no signs of chasing aside from some later light graffiti in the obverse field, very fine and very rare with a brown patina. Ex Professor S. Pozzi collection, Feuardent & Sambon, Paris, 28 June 1919, lot 790. Don Inigo d’Avalos accompanied Alfonso of Aragon on the conquest of Naples in 1442 and remained a close compatriot throughout Alfonso’s reign (1442-58). In 1449, Pisanello was made court artist to Alfonso and around the same time Don Inigo was appointed master chamberlain to the king. It is to this period, 1449-50, that Don Inigo’s medal was created and it is generally accepted to be not only Pisanello’s last medal but also one of his finest works, with its subtle low relief and fine symmetry. The precise interpretation of the reverse remains mysterious with suggestions that it could be a representation of the shield of Achilles, referencing Don Inigo’s military prowess, or has some form of astrological connection with the starry sky being such a dominant feature on the globe. Professor Pozzi, from a numismatic perspective, is known for his encyclopaedic collection of ancient Greek coins and his sale catalogue of 1921 by Naville of Geneva is still used as a general reference for the series. Pozzi himself was a famous Parisian surgeon and gynaecologist, well-known today in artistic circles for his full-length portrait painted by John Singer Sargent in 1881, currently in the collection of the Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. His life was tragically ended when, in 1918, he was murdered by a deranged former patient.
Lot 359
*Italy, Constantine the Great, bronze medal by Cristoforo di Geremia (active 1456-76), caesar imperator pont p p p semper avgustvs vir, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev., concordia avg s c, Constantine as Pax joining hands with the Church as Concordia; signed on exergual line, christophorvs hierimiae f, 72.4mm (Hill 755; Armand I, 31, 2; Pollard 241 = Kress 211), plugged above portrait, a very fine contemporary cast. Ex Stack collection, Morton & Eden, 9 December 2009, lot 85.
Lot 361
*Italy, Pope Clement XI (1700-1721), Construction of the Aquaduct at Civitavecchia (1703), bronze medal by Giovanni Hamerani, bust right, rev., a view of the aquaduct and harbour, 54.8mm (Modesti, Brunori & Covati 34; Bartolotti 703; Miselli 37), obverse die flaw, faint trace of mount, extremely fine
Lot 363
*Italy, Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564), gold prize medal for the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, 1812, by G.A. Santarelli, michel piu che mortal angel divino, bust right, rev., levan di terra al ciel nostr’ intelletto – mdcccxii, three laurels wreaths, 134.50g, 54mm (Eidlitz 178; Bramsen 1185; BDM V, 335), faint marks, extremely fine and very rare
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Lot 362
ASSORTED MEDALS AND BADGES comprising a Royal Life Saving Society [silver] Award of Merit to J. Astbury, 1930, with date bar for 1935, in case of issue; Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Medal to J. Astbury, 1929, in case of issue; a St. John Ambulance Association Medal (443550 Joy Astbury), engraved; a Civil Nursing Reserve enamel pin badge; an Austin Car Golden Jubilee 1905-1955 medal; and assorted other items.
Lot 215
A collection of ephemera from Captain Hollis mainly relating to WWI including two frontline operation orders for Lancashire Regiment, subject "Harford's Hunt", a map of German trenches, a hand drawn plan of action, photographs, marriage, birth and death certificates, a silver medal inscribed "Gymnasium 1904", a Salford Harriers Club silver medal 1987 and a pair of Chinese silver cufflinks.
Lot 52
An 18ct yellow gold and enamel Mayoral badge of office for Oldham 1940-1941 bearing the Oldham crest including the Oldham owl, backed with an oval photograph of the Mayor W.H. Taylor JP, suspended on ribbon in fitted case, an album containing invitations and cards received by Councillor Taylor during his year of office, a lignum vitae Special Constable truncheon bearing the Oldham crest and dated 1916-1919 with silver mount for William H. Taylor, also a steward medal for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 1946 and a Royal Automobile Club Associate car mascot, numbered 60693 (5).
Lot 1149
A George V hallmarked silver vesta case decorated with inlaid green hardstone shamrock surrounded by bright cut shamrocks, with suspension ring, a small circular Félix Boissard circular rouge pot containing a ring and charm, a medal commemorating the 50th Jubilee of the Co-op Wholesale Society and a cross commemorating the jubilee of Queen Victoria (4).
Lot 1400
A quantity of sundry British coinage including George VI and George V 1 shilling, Victorian and George V silver thrupences, three boxes George VI 5 shillings, various Elizabeth II commemorative coins and Silver Jubilee souvenir medals, a boxed City & Guilds of London Institute Technological Examination bronze medal dated 1905, etc.
Lot 1064
Frederick (Fred) Hall R.B.C.,N.E.A.C. (1860-1948) - 'A Garden at Edam', signed and dated 1899, also inscribed on an old label verso, oil on panel, 12" x 8" *Provenance: Robert Dunthorne,(The Rembrandt Gallery), 28 Castle Street, Liverpool and 5 Vigo Street, London. Born in Stillington, Yorkshire, he studied at Lincoln school of art and at Verlat's Academy in Antwerp. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club, the Fine Art Society, and the Paris Salon where he won a gold medal in 1912
Lot 603
French bronze metal and silver metal photographic medals, circa 1900: presentation medal to A Poitevin, 1885, Club-Alpin Francais, Niepce/Daguerre medal, similar in silver metal presented in 1893, stamped ‘Argent’ (silver), Calais 1908, Amiens 1907; with Association Belge 1902 and Rio de Janeiro, 1903; G (8)
Lot 57
** Julie Mehretu (b. 1970) - Untitled, 2006 watercolour, pen and ink on paper 27 x 35 in., 68.6 x 88.9 cm (frame) Provenance: Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin. Of Ethiopian heritage, now living and working in New York, Mehretu's highly individualistic abstract language is born out of conflict and human strife. Her compositions are often marked with linear structures and hard-edged blocks that have an architectural quality to them. There is always a sense of drama or tension in the composition, which at times can spill over into outright confrontation. But the overall product is often beautiful and harmonious; it is as if she is telling us that Art, and the world of aesthetics, can overcome the human predilection for schism and hostility. She herself describes the works on paper from this period as: " Right now it just feels like this big knot of all these different tendencies. It s coming out in my drawings a lot; they look like these nests or gnarled webs. Space is deflated and conflated. I m still trying to understand it myself." [J. Mehretu, quoted in L. Chua, Artists in Conversation: Julie Mehretu , BOMB Magazine, no. 91, Spring 2005]. Julie Mehretu has become one of the most recognisable artists of the last 15 years, with multiple solo exhibitions in both commercial and institutional galleries worldwide. Selected group exhibitions include Poetic Justice , 8th Istanbul Biennial (2003); Whitney Biennial; São Paolo Biennial and Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2004); the Biennale of Sydney and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2006); From Picasso to Julie Mehretu , British Museum, London (2010) and Document XIII, Kassel (2012). Solo exhibitions include Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; REDCAT, Los Angeles and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (2003); St Louis Art Museum (2005) and MUSAC, Léon, Spain (2006); City Sitings , Detroit Institute of Art and Black City Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark (2007); Grey Area , Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2009) and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010). In 2015 she was honoured with the US State Department's 'National Medal of Arts'.
Lot 649
AMENDMENT: Should read 'Follower of Mather Brown' rather than Circle of Mather Brown, American 1761-1831- Portrait of a Naval officer traditionally held to be Rear Admiral Thomas Tudor Tucker 1775-1852, quarter-length turned to the left; oil on canvas, 56.7x45.8cm, (unframed) Provenance: The family of the sitter; thence by descent Note: The sitter wears a uniform of a Post Captain of three years seniority, 1812-15. He has been made a military Companion of the Bath and wears a Naval General Service Medal. This medal was instituted in 1846 and the present work was therefore painted after this date. The uncle of the sitter remains as the longest standing Treasurer of the United States. CONDITION REPORT: Note amendment to lot, follower of not circle of the canvas has been relined, circa late nineteenth century verso: retains what appears to be the original stretcher with central horizontal cross member retains what appear to be the original wedges reverse edge of stretcher chamfered old taping to edges is somewhat rubbed and frayed tacking edge top right and bottom left and right, frayed and with losses recto: the old canvas edge is visible within the outer dimensions of the stretcher old tear and flaking top left corner small puncture lower left and scratch under inspection with uv lamp, there is much old varnish still present on the paint surface some rubbing to the varnish over the medals and to the sitter's face, particularly in the shadows some pigment separation in the medals overall in good general condition
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