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Alderley, a bronze school prize medal by Halliday, rev. named (Will. Pott, 1825), 44mm; College of Physical Science, Newcastle upon Tyne, Algernon Freire-Marreco Medal, a bronze award for Chemistry by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, edge named (George Henry France, June 1887), 54mm; University College London, a silver prize medal, unsigned, rev. named (E.G. Mack, Practical Inorganic Chemistry, 1902-3, 38mm; Royal Academy of Music, a silver prize medal, unsigned, rev. named (Joan Allen, Singing, 1923), 41mm; Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne, Algernon Freire-Marreco Medal, a bronze award for Chemistry by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, edge named (John Ormston, 1930), 54mm [5]. Varied state £100-£150
Conyers Middleton, 1724, a cast and chased bronze medal by G.B. Pozzo, bust right with short curled hair, rev. the interior of the University Library at Cambridge with books on table and bust of Minerva, 82mm (cf. Baldwin Auction 64, lot 579). Good very fine, very rare £200-£300 --- Conyers Middleton (1683-1750), rationalistic theologian, librarian and Cambridge academic
Charles II, a copper cliché, unsigned [in the style of J. Roettier], armoured and draped bust right, 71mm, 51.46g. Good very fine, strong portrait £150-£200 --- Quite possibly some kind of trial, or copy, of the obverse of the Christ’s Hospital medal of 1673; the commencement of the legend c carolvs is unusual.
FRANCE, Henry IV, 1601, a cast bronze medal, unsigned, 43mm; Battle of Guastalla, 1734, a copper medal by J. Duvivier & J. Le Blanc, 41mm (Divo 92); Jean Duvivier, 1761, a copper medal by B. Duvivier, 42mm (BDM I, 686); Construction of the Burgundy Canal, 1785, a copper medal by B. Duvivier, 56mm (BDM I, 686) [4]. Varied state, the first a later cast £100-£150
FRANCE, Société des Artistes Français, a silvered-bronze prize medal by D. Dupuis, muse standing, holding wreath in each hand, setaed cherub to left engraving plinth, rev. named (Mme Joseph, Lily Delissa, 1929), 54mm; a gilt-bronze prize medal, similar, rev. named (Mme Joseph, Lily Delissa, 1934) [2]. First pierced for suspension, second with remains of mount on edge at top, otherwise both about extremely fine £100-£150 --- Lily Delissa Joseph, née Solomon (1863-1940), British artist and social campaigner; younger sister of the painter Solomon Joseph Solomon; regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, 1904-38; activist in the women’s suffrage movement and in support of Jewish charities
FRANCE, Henri Barbusse, 1969, a bronze medal by G. Simon, 77mm (CGMP pp.1731-2); Louis Aragon, 1970 [struck 1986], a bronze medal by Françoise Salmon, 72mm (CGMP p.1641); Quatrevingtième Anniversaire de l’Humanité, 1984, a bronze medal by J.-L. Coppin, 68mm; Villages d’Enfants S.O.S. de France, 1986, a bronze medal by Claudine Béréchel, 70mm; together with other modern French bronze medals (3) [7]. Mint state; all in boxes as issued £40-£60
The Athole Gathering, 1849, a silver engraved award medal, unsigned, rev. named (For the Hammer, to duncan mcdonald, blair athole), unhallmarked, 46mm, 23.05g. ring on integral scroll mount, nearly extremely fine, rare £100-£120 --- Provenance: N. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 41, 3 June 1999, lot 457 [from Baldwin April 1993]
William IV, Coronation, 1831, a copper medal by W. Wyon for Rundell, Bridge & Co, bust right, rev. crown, trident and oak-branch on the sea, sun’s rays behind, 68mm (BHM 1476; E 1248). Sometime lightly cleaned with a few faint scratches before face, otherwise very fine or better and very scarce £80-£100
Charles I, Scottish Coronation, 1633, a struck silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust left, wearing intricate lace collar and Order of the Thistle, carolvs d g scotiæ angliæ fr et hib rex, rev. hinc nostræ crevere rosæ, thistle plant, date below, signed b, 29mm, 10.43g (Platt I, p.133, type B; Jones 156; MI I, 266/60; E 123). Better than very fine, toned £500-£700 --- Provenance: bt Baldwin
St Mary’s College, Oscott, 1838, a silver medal, signed D. & R., 55mm; James Watt & Co., 1871, a bronze medal by J. Moore, 38mm (BHM 2922); North East Coast Exhibition, 1882, Prize Medal, a bronze award by Reid & Sons, un-named, 50mm [3]. First with some contact marks and edge bruises, otherwise very fine or better £70-£90
Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to the City of London, 1893, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts left, rev. Duke and Duchess in biga driven by Cupid, being presented with a cornucopia by Londinia, 76mm (W & E 1763A.1; BHM 3452; E 1780). Some minor marks, otherwise about extremely fine £150-£180
Visit of the Fleet to Sunderland, 1874, a brass medal, unsigned, 30mm (BHM 2988); Army Temperance Medal, India, 1897, a silver medal, unsigned, 35mm; Borough of Newark, Transvaal Soldiers’ Fund, 1900, a bronze medal by Vaughton, 32mm; Army Temperance Association, Queen Victoria Memorial, 1901, a silver medal, unsigned, 35mm; National Rifle Association Jubilee, 1909, a bronze medal, unsigned, 38mm [5]. Very fine or better; first pierced, two others with suspension loops £60-£80
FRANCE, Roger Marx, 1892, a uniface cast bronze plaquette by D. Dupuis, bust right, 75 x 48mm (BDM I, 664). Good very fine, rare £100-£120 --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood Auction, 15 December 1995, lot 400 Roger Marx (1859-1913), art critic, museum inspector, and publisher of different books to promote medals. Founder of the Société des Amis de la Médaille Française, he was instrumental in the development of the Art of the Medal at the end of the 19th century.
Charles I, Memorial, 1649, a silver medal by N. Roettiers [struck c. 1690], bust right in plain armour, signed nr f below, rev. rex pacificvs victvs vincebat hostes victor trivmphat in coelis in 6 lines across field, 59mm, 86.83g (Platt I, p.260, type A; MI I, 346/199; E 160) Nearly extremely fine, toned £600-£800 --- Provenance: bt Spink
Woodside, Exhibition of Industry & Art, 1891, a silver medal, unsigned, three figures, one standing, one seated, one reclining, rev. wreath, named (James Innes, 1891), 32mm; Edinburgh, Scottish & National Exhibition, 1898-1899, a gilt-silver medal, unsigned, Scottish arms with supporters, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Palethorpes Limited, Glasgow, Potted Meats & Sausages), 45mm [2]. First holed at top otherwise fine and rare, second good very fine £60-£80 --- Provenance: second J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction 74, 10 May 2007, lot 106 (part)
Trinity College, Dublin, a gold award medal by West & Son, bust of Elizabeth I three-quarters right, rev. arms, named (Guilelmus R. Fearon, 1915), 48mm, 21.8ct, 62.10g. Tiny obverse edge nick at 3 o’clock, otherwise brilliant mint state; in original maroon gilt-blocked fitted case by West & Son, 102 & 103 Grafton Street, Dublin £2,400-£3,000 --- William Robert Fearon (1892-1959), pioneer biochemist, b. Holles Street, Dublin, son of the Presbyterian minister, William Fearon (†1896) of Kells, Co. Meath, and his wife, Nannie, née Morrow; lived with her at 4 Clarinda Park North, Dún Laoghaire; educ. St Andrew’s College, Dublin 1908-11, and Trinity College 1911-17, receiving a BA in natural science (gold medal); received the Harvey research prize from the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin, 1918, and the Carmichael prize from the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin; worked as a researcher for the British food ministry and the food investigations board, 1917-19; Mackinnon research student of the Royal Society at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1919-21; elected fellow of Trinity College Dublin 1921, and the chair of biochemistry was founded for him there in 1943, a position he held until his death. From 1943 until his death on 27 December 1959 he represented the Dublin University constituency in Seanad Éireann and sat on many government committees. Further biographical detail is sold with the lot.
GERMANY, International Horticulture Exhibition, Cologne, 1875, a gilt-bronze medal by W. Kullrich, 41mm; Bernhard von Bülow, 1900, a silver medal by Lauer, 32mm; ITALY, Antonio Canova, a bronze medal by F. Putinati, 34mm; SOUTH AFRICA, Opening of the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay Railway, 1895, a bronze medal by J.P.M. Menger, 44mm; Centenary of Oudtshoorn, 1947, a gilt-silver medal, unsigned, 31mm [5]. Varied state £100-£150
British Dairy Farmers’ Association, a bronze medal, unsigned, edge named (Awarded to J. Glazard, for Single Gloster Cheese, 1896), 47mm; another, similar, edge named (Awarded to J. Skillman, for Skim-Milk Brown Bread, 1896), 47mm; a bronze medal, unsigned and un-named, 55mm; Suffolk Sheep Society, a bronze medal by Elkington & Co., 48mm; Master Bakers & Confectioners Society, a gilt-white metal medal, undated, named (J. Skillman, for Self Raising Flour), 25mm; Agricultural Reward, a bronze medal, unsigned and undated, 35mm [6]. Good very fine or better; one cased £100-£150
PAPAL STATES, Gregory XIII, bronze medals (2), 1572, signed F P, 31mm, 35mm (L 697, 700); a lead medal, unsigned and undated, 45mm (L 730); Urban VIII, a cast bronze medal, 1639, unsigned, 41mm (L 1036); Innocent XI (1676-89), a brass medal, undated, signed G, 37mm (L 1403); Benedict XIII (1724-30), a bronze medal by Hamerani, undated, 42mm (L 1725); Pius IX, a gilt-bronze medal, 1870, by Blondelet, 50mm (L –) [7]. Varied state, the first two later strikings £100-£150
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 26mm (BHM 3506); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 31mm (BHM 3737); together with other Victorian and Edwardian medals (11), all base metal [13]. First two extremely fine and cased as issued, others in varied state £80-£100
Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1799, a copper medal by T. Wyon Sr, 38mm (BHM 471); George III, Preserved from Assassination, 1800, a copper medal by P. Kempson, 38mm (BHM 486); Battle of Copenhagen, 1801, a white metal medal, unsigned, 39mm (BHM 510); Marquis Cornwallis, 1802, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock, 38mm (BHM 539); Death of George Canning, 1827, a copper medal by A. Galle, 51mm (BDM II, 197); Battle of Trafalgar, Centenary, 1905, a white metal medal, unsigned, 32mm (BHM 3923) [6]. Varied state £100-£150
ITALY, Tomb of Antonio Canova, 1827, a bronze medal by A. Fabris, 52mm (BDM II, 64); Teatro della Concordia, Pordenone, 1830, a bronze medal by A. Fabris, 35mm; St Mark’s Basilica, Venice, a bronze medal by J. Wiener, undated [c. 1850], 59mm (BDM VI, 487); Gioacchino Rossini, a bronze medal by F. Vagnetti and Son, undated, 52mm (BDM VI, 183); Massimo d’Azeglio, a bronze medal by G. Vagnetti, undated, 51mm (BDM VI, 184) [5]. Very fine or better £150-£200
ITALY, 50th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Rome as the Capital of Italy, 1911, a bronze plaque by M. Nellie, 80 x 53mm; Centenary of the Death of Alessandro Volta, 1927, a bronze medal by E. Boninsegna and R. Castelli for Lorioli and Castelli, Milan, 60mm (cf. DNW 64, 1446) [2]. Extremely fine £50-£70
Alexander II of Russia, Visit to London, 1874, a bronze medal by C. Wiener for the Corporation of the City of London, uniformed bust left, rev. Alexander and Londinia standing, winged Peace behind, 77mm (Diakov 807.1; BHM 2981; E 1634). Lightly cleaned at one time, otherwise about extremely fine £300-£400
Death of Queen Mary, 1695, a white metal medal by J. Luder, 58mm (MI II, 112/345); Carlisle Recaptured, 1745, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, 34mm (Woolf 52:5a); Battle of Culloden, 1746, pinchbeck medals (2), unsigned, 42mm, 35mm (Woolf 55:7a, 55:8); Irish Surplus Revenue Dispute, 1753, a copper medal, unsigned, 44mm (E 641); Ripon Millenary, 1886, a bronze medal, unsigned, 36mm (BHM 3217) [6]. Varied state, first corroded but rare £100-£150
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