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General, Royal College of Art, a silver award medal, unsigned (by W. Gardner), crowned cypher, rev. named (Awarded to Peter Arthur Bucknell for Special Distinction in the School of Design 1946), 50mm, 78.20g. Extremely fine and very rare £100-£120 --- The following excerpt from the Royal Mint Annual Report for 1939 was kindly sourced by Dr. Kevin Clancy, Director of the Royal Mint Museum. “The Royal College of Art instituted a medal for award to a few students distinguished in the Diploma examination each year. The medal was designed and modelled by Mr William M. Gardner, a student of the college from whose plaster-casts the dies were produced and the medal struck by the Mint. The obverse of the medal consists of the initials R.C.A. upon a knot, surmounted by a crown and encircled by the inscription Royal College of Art. On the reverse is engraved an inscription embodying the name of the recipient, the subject in which distinction had been gained and the date. The first five medals were presented to the selected students by Mr. Kenneth Lindsay M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, on the 14th of July 1939”. William Gardner went on to do design work for the Royal Mint over the next three decades. His work included the reverses of the 1953 brass Threepence and of the 1982 Twenty Pence. Peter Arthur Bucknell was an expert on fashion and author of the standard reference book ‘Evolution of Fashion’. His co-author and illustrator was Margot Hamilton Hill (Daniels), a contemporary at the RCA, who, as well as an illustrator was also a theatre designer and lecturer on the history of fashion and theatre.
Local, HAMPSHIRE, Hartley Institution, (Southampton), a silver award medal by J. Ottley, elevation of the building, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Herbert C. Oakley for Distinguished Success in Art 1893), 48mm, 36.60g; St Paul’s School Southsea, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (George Edward Tate Drawing 1835), 51mm, 62.30g (Taylor 86a) [2]. Very fine to extremely fine £100-£120 --- The Hartley Institution was opened by Viscount Palmerston in October 1862. It later evolved into the present-day University of Southampton. St Paul’s School, King Street, Southsea, was founded in 1825 by 100 people taking out subscriptions of £25 each; the school opened on 1 August 1826. It closed in 1850 and the building subsequently became a Baptist chapel.
Local, YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, Haywood’s & Bolton’s Academy, c. 1803, a silver award medal by J.G. Hancock, P. Kempson and S. Kindon, view of St Paul’s cathedral, rev. named (Given to M. Habershon Aged 18 for Mathematical Learning), 48mm, 44.10g (cf. BHM 541; cf. E 1074). Struck from a die for the Peace of Amiens celebrations at St Paul’s, only fine but extremely rare £80-£100 --- Messrs Haywood and Bolton ran an academy for young gentleman at Attercliffe near Sheffield from c. 1798. It would seem that their partnership was soon dissolved (Manchester Mercury, January 1804). It is possible that the recipient was one Matthew Habershon (1789-1852), a native of Yorkshire who was articled to the the well known Gothic-revival architect William Atkinson in 1806. It may be that the latter found his new apprentice’s mathematical skills to be somewhat lacking. Habershon would not have turned 18 until 1807 but given that Mr Haywood probably still held stocks of the medal, it is possible that it could have been awarded after his ex-partner’s departure.
Catholic Emancipation Bill, 1829, a copper medal by T. Webb [after P. Rouw], bare head of Duke of Wellington left, rev. legend, 55mm (Eimer 104; BHM 1345; E 1210); Restoration of St Patrick’s Cathedral, 1865, a lead medal by W.T. Parkes, bust of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness left, rev. cathedral, 65mm (BHM 2846; E 1574); together with other copper medals (2), of Boileau and Dante [4]. Fine to good very fine, second scarce £80-£100
Duke of Clarence Appointed Lord High Admiral, 1827, a gilt-silver medal by J. Henning, bare head right, rev. Britannia walking right on waves, holding trident and shield, ships in background, 65mm, 149.36g (BHM 1296; E 1192). About extremely fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction, 8 July 1981, lot 546
Cliefden & Maidenhead Regatta, 1849, a silver medal, edge named (Linc. Coll. 8 Oar, S. Lodge, Bow), 46mm, 44.22g; Reading Amateur Regatta, 1888, Grand Challenge Cup, a vesica-shaped silver medal by Bracher & Sydenham, unnamed, 69 x 51mm, 108.85g; Eton College, a bronze medal for Rowing, rev. named (J. More, Trial Eights, Eton, 1926), 38mm [3]. About extremely fine or better; second in fitted case £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
FRANCE, Death of Louis XVIII, 1824, a copper medal by F. Caunois, 37mm; Francis II, 1836, a copper medal by A. Caqué, 51mm (BDM I, 342-3); Marriage of the Duke of Orléans, 1837, a copper medal by J.-J. Barre, 42mm (BDM I, 130); Le Touquet Lawn Tennis Club, 1922, a silvered-bronze medal, unsigned, 41mm [4]. Good very fine or better £70-£90
ITALY, Marcantonio Passeri, a cast bronze medal by Cavino, bust right, rev. a figure formed of a male and female fused together, 38mm (Attwood 289). An early cast, fine £100-£120 --- Provenance: Stonyhurst College Collection, Christie's Auction, 6 March 1990, lot 789; Morton & Eden Auction 72, 15 December 2014, lot 405
Local, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Cheltenham College, a silver award medal by J. Moore for Martin & Co, façade of the College, rev. named (Arthur Thomas Myers Greek Testament Prize 1868), 44mm, 46.75g; Cheltenham Ladies’ College, a silver award medal by A. Wyon, edge named (Joyce Evelyn Sweeny 1911), 51mm, 76.00g; Cheltenham Proprietary College, a silver award medal by T. Ottley, edge named (Henry Jackson June 1857), 54mm, 65.30g (cf. Taylor 140) [3]. Very fine to extremely fine £100-£120
Local, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge University, Jesus College, Langton Victor Ludorum Medal, 1864, a frosted silver award medal by Peters, conjoined arms, rev. wreath, named on outer silver band (1872 F. Salmon), 50mm, 90.40g. Virtually mint state, set in glazed lunettes joined by a silver band, very rare £80-£100
GERMANY, 25th Anniversary of Breeding German Thoroughbreds, 1930, a gilt bronze medal by W. Fritsch, rider on horseback left, rev. inscription, 54mm; together with other medals (5, one silver), from France, Germany etc., all 20th century [7]. Varied state; one cased as issued £50-£60 --- Provenance: First Baldwin Auction 113, 18 October 2023, lot 851
Admiral Vernon and the Duke of Argyll, 1739, a pinchbeck medal signed I.M., half-length figure of Vernon three-quarters right, hand on cannon, ship to right, rev. Argyll standing, resting left arm on column, 40mm (Adams NLv 4-D; Betts 245; MI II, 560/188; E 553). Cleaned, otherwise very fine, rare £120-£150
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830, a white metal medal by T. Halliday for T. Woolfield, train crossing viaduct over the Sankey Canal, rev. entrance to Liverpool station, 49mm (BHM 1458; W 2862; Moyaux 4; E 1223). Good very fine, small piercing for suspension £40-£60 --- Provenance: Bt S. Monks 2006
USA, Thomas Jefferson, 1966, a bronze medal by R.J. Menconi for the Society of Medallists, 73mm; GERMANY, Lüneburg, a modern bronze replica of the city seal, 69mm [2]. About extremely fine; first boxed, second cased £50-£70 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
George II, 1731, a copper medal by J. Dassier, 40mm (Eisler 175; MI II, 498/43; E 525); Death of George II, 1760, a copper medal by J. Dassier, 42mm (Eisler 210; MI II, 714/454; E 681) [2]. First with some light scratches in obverse fields otherwise very fine, second extremely fine £100-£150 --- Provenance: Papillon Collection, Bonhams Auction, 25 March 1998, lot 155
Flight of Prince James, 1688, a cast silver medal by C. Wermuth, Father Petre riding on lobster and carrying the infant Prince, French ship to left, rev. a Jesuit cap above a shield showing a windmill, Garter around, lobster below, 31mm, 16.80g (Woolf 4:1a; MI I, 643/71; E 300). Fine, scarce £150-£200
FRANCE, Marquis de Lafayette, 1830, a bronze-gilt medal by F. Caunois, uniformed bust right, rev. inscription in seven lines, 52mm (Olivier 51). Nearly extremely fine £50-£70 --- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), was called upon by the citizens of France to command the National Guard in July 1830.
Maidenhead Working Men’s Club, Industrial Exhibition, 1880, Reward of Merit, a silver medal, unsigned, 31mm; Royal Counties and Hackney Horse Societies, Reading Show, 1930, a silver prize medal by Mappin & Webb, rev. named (Medal Presented by Mr Leonard G. Sutton for Childrens Riding Class, Awarded to Miss Hilda Upton), 38mm; Berkshire Egg Laying Competition, 1931-32, a silver medal, rev. named (C.H. Jeanes, for Pen Gaining 1st Place in Section 1), 50mm; Ascot Heath School, Ranelagh Scholarship Medal, a silver award by R. Neal, unnamed, 41mm [4]. Varied state; last cased £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Local, LANCASHIRE, Rochdale School of Art, a matt silver award medal, unsigned, half-length figure of artist with palette and brush, rev. palm-frond, edge named (Presented to H.B. Carpenter by the Club 1902), 58mm, 76.80g. Extremely fine and very rare £80-£100 --- Henry Barrett Carpenter (1861-1930), artist and long-time headmaster of Rochdale School of Art. His publications include ‘Suggestions for the Study of Colour’, published by Rochdale Art School, 1915 and ‘Colour: A Manual of its Theory and Practice’ published by Batsfords in 1933.
Local, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge University, Symphony Chorus, a frosted silver award medal by Peters, arms, rev. CUSC within wreath, named on outer silver band (1872 W.H. Madden Clare Coll.), 50mm, 80.00g. Virtually mint state, set in glazed lunettes joined by a silver band, very rare £80-£100
Local, CUMBRIA, Barrow-in-Furness Municipal Secondary Schools, a silver award medal, unsigned, edge named (Herbert S. Haworth 1910), 39mm, 27.80g; Clergy Daughters’ School, Casterton, Lund Memorial Prize, silver award medals (2), one signed Elkington & Co, female head left, revs. wreath, edges named (Grace Mary Kelk 1912) and (Ydris E.H. Roberts 1923-4), first hallmarked Birmingham 1909, both 41mm, 31.90g, 30.80g; [3]. Very fine to extremely fine, first with integral suspension and loop £80-£100 --- Casterton is a village in Cumbria near Kirkby Lonsdale
Charles II, Landing at Dover, 1660, a contemporary (?) copy in white metal of the medal by J. Roettiers, bust right with long hair within ornate laurel branches, rev. warriors representing England, Scotland and Ireland with sceptre, sword and three crowns, greet the King approaching in a ship, in the distance Dover Castle with the eye of Providence above, 57mm (cf. MI I, 457/48; cf. E 211). About very fine £80-£100
Obsequies for George III, 1820, a bronze medal, unsigned, 45mm (BHM 1006); a white metal medal, unsigned, 34mm (BHM 1008); Obsequies for the Duke of York, 1827, a white metal medal, unsigned [by T.W. Ingram], 34mm (BHM 1292); Death of George IV, 1830, a bronze medal, unsigned, 51mm (BHM 1391); Obsequies for George IV, 1830, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, 45mm (BHM 1411) [5]. Varied state £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
AUSTRIA, Archduke Karl, 1916, a uniface bronze plaquette by H. Kautsch, 68 x 59mm; an iron medal by R. Bachmann, undated, 50mm; Archduchess Marie Therese, 1916, bronze medal by A. Hartig, 65mm; Coronation of Karl I, 1916, a bronze plaquette by H. Kautsch, 75 x 55mm; Karl I, 1917, an iron medal by R. Schmidt, 50mm [5]. Very fine or better £100-£150
RUSSIA, Elizabeth, Coronation, 1742, a silver medal, unsigned, crowned bust right, б м елиÑаветъ ιмперат ιÑамодер вÑероÑ, rev. промыÑлъ божιй чрезъ върныхъ подъданныхъ, Elizabeth standing, being crowned by angel in cloud, kneeling figure of Russia to right, two columns to right with crowned monograms of Peter I and Elizabeth on bases, коронована вмоÑквъ 1742 году in exergue, edge plain, 59mm, 102.12g (Diakov 86.2 var). Nearly extremely fine and extremely rare £4,000-£5,000
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by A. Scharff, for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined crowned busts of the young and Jubilee heads of the Queen, rev. Britannia seated in car drawn by two lions, Justice and Prudence at sides, 80mm (W & E 2340.1; BHM 3284; E 1732). Extremely fine £1,000-£1,200
Opening of London Bridge, 1831, a copper medal by B. Wyon, bust of William IV right, rev. view of the bridge, 51mm (BHM 1544; E 1245); Tenth Anniversary of the Signing of the Armistice, 1928, a bronze medal by C.L.J. Doman, the Cenotaph, rev. Britannia and wounded warrior walking left, 76mm (BHM 4132; E 2008a) [2]. Fine and about extremely fine £80-£100
BELGIUM, Queen Elisabeth, 1949, a cast bronze medal by H. Dropsy, 120mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –); SPAIN, La Toreador, c. 1920, a cast bronze maquette, unsigned [in the style of G. Contaux], 178mm [2]. Very fine and better, latter with gilt highlights of the bullfighter’s clothes £50-£70 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Maidenhead Working Men’s Club, Industrial Exhibition, 1880, Reward of Merit, a silver medal, 31mm; Newbury Art & Industrial Exhibition, 1884, a bronze medal, rev. named (Mrs A.C. Bazett), 42mm; Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Windsor & District Sports & Pastimes, a bronze medal by J. Moore for Dyson & Son, 38mm (W & E –); Abingdon School, Gymnastics Medal, 1910-11, a bronze award, edge named (Charles Marsh Read), 51mm; Reading, Dig For Victory Competition, 1940, a silver medal, rev. named (Presented to Mr C.J. Harman by the Mayor of Reading, Councillor W.E.C. McIlroy, J.P.), 45mm; Berkshire County Council, Clean Milk Advisory Scheme, 1940, a silver (?) medal, rev. named (Tuberculin Tested Section, Won By Mrs Charles Salt), 50mm; Berks Bucks Oxon Compt. Musical Festival, a silver medal, 33mm [7]. Good very fine or better; all cased £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Prince of Wales Appointed Regent, 1811, a copper medal, unsigned, uniformed bust of Price Regent left, rev. legend in wreath, 38mm (BHM 709); National Jubilee Celebrations for the Treaty of Paris, 1814, medals (2), in copper by J. Westwood, similar to last, rev. Temple of Corcord erected in Hyde Park, 42mm (Pax 780; BHM 826), in white metal, unsigned (by W. Wyon), similar to last, rev. inscription, 45mm (BHM 830) [3]. Extremely fine or nearly so £100-£120
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