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Click here to subscribeWilliam IV, Coronation, 1831, a gold medal by W. Wyon, bust right, rev. bust of Queen Adelaide right, edge named (To John Ramsbottom Esqr M.P. for New Windsor), 33mm, 27.57g (BHM 1475; E 1251). Obverse edge bruise at 9 o’clock, some light hairlining, otherwise about extremely fine and rare £4,000-£5,000 --- John Ramsbottom (1778–1845) was a British Whig politician and landowner, MP for New Windsor (Berkshire) from 1810 until his death in 1845.
Local, LONDON, Brentford, Egglesfield House School, a silver award medal by T. Wyon, boy holding open book and branch, rising sun behind, rev. named (Presented to R. Sulivan at Egglesfield House School July 22 1811), 42mm, 30.00g. Good very fine, a rare early prize medal £80-£100 --- Built in the 18th century and much expanded c. 1792, Egglesfield House was acquired around 1810 by Rev J. Morris D.D. for use as a young gentlemen’s boarding school. By 1840, it had reverted to being a private dwelling and since 1880 it has housed St Mary’s Convent.
Centenary of the Foundation of the Wesleyan Methodist Society, 1839, a silver medal by C.F. Carter, bust of John Wesley left, rev. Centenary Hall, Bishopsgate, 65mmm, 123.50g (BHM 1895; E 1329a; Taylor 127b). Minimal hairlining, extremely fine or better, rare in silver; in contemporary fitted case [catch faulty] £150-£200
Birmingham Political Union, 1830, a silver medal by C. Jones, radiant crown, ribbon below, rev. lion reclining on rock, 43mm (BHM 1452). About extremely fine with some toning, very rare, pierced at top for suspension, with embroidered ribbon; in contemporary fitted case [this slightly damaged] £200-£260
Local, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge University, Athletics, a frosted silver award medal by Munsey, arms, rev. winged foot of Mercury within wreath, named on outer silver band (1884 C.H. Lowe Trinity Coll.), 50mm, 86.25g. Virtually mint state, set in glazed lunettes joined by a silver band, very rare £80-£100
Local, CHESHIRE, Sandbach School, Evans Medal, a silver award medal, unsigned, rev. named MDCCCLXXXIX C.P. Greenwood), 44mm, 45.00g; Wilmslow, Hawthorn Hall, silver award medals (2), unsigned, angel with trumpet, rev. named (Thos. Briggs Xmas 1849), 34mm, 15.00g; pupil studying at table, rev. named (Hawthorn Hall S. Charlton June 20th 1867), 44mm, 35.50g [3]. First about extremely fine, others about very fine, second gilt, all hairlined from cleaning, rare £100-£120
Local, CORNWALL, Truro School, a silver gilt award medal, first type, unsigned, sapling, exergue named (Gulielmo Richards, Dignissimo, 1807), rev. legend in six lines above wreath, 47mm, 61.40g (cf. Baldwin 93, 490, DNW 137/417). Surfaces dirty, nearly very fine, rare in silver; with loop for suspension [this buckled] £80-£100
Flight of Prince James, 1688, a silver medal, unsigned [by C. Wermuth], Father Petre seated right on lobster, holding infant prince, French ship to right, rev. windmill on shield, rosary around and Jesuit cap above, 32mm, 15.54g (Woolf 4:1b; MI I, 644/72; E 300 var.). About extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £200-£300 --- Provenance: Bt Spink
Local, LONDON, Merchant Tailors’ School, Montefiore Hebrew Prize, 1838, a frosted silver medal by B. Wyon, arms with camel supporters, rev. legend, named on silver outer band (Stratford Leitch AD MDCCCXL), 51mm. Virtually mint state, set in glazed lunettes joined by a silver band, very rare £200-£300 --- Sir Moses Haim Montefiore (1784-1885), 1st Baronet, FRS, was a British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London. He was the first Jewish liveryman of the Merchant Tailors' Company. For many years Montefiore would attend Speech and Prize Day and present the medal himself.
, Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, 1863, a white metal medal by T. Ottley, busts of the Prince and Princess within oval medallions, rev. legend within wreath, two radiant crowns above, 65mm (W & E 931A.1; BHM 2767). A few minor edge knocks, otherwise brilliant extremely fine, rare thus £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
General, The Society of St Gregory, a large silver award of merit medal by J.S. and A.B. Wyon, bust of the Pope right, wearing ornately embroidered cope and stole, rev. legend in 9 lines, edge named (Geraldus D. Dillon MCMXVIII), 76mm, 218.40g. Polished, extremely fine, a very rare and impressive medal £120-£150 --- The present Society of St Gregory is the national society for liturgy and music in the Roman Catholic church in Britain.
Grand Inventions Competition, 1897, Medal of Merit, a silver award by The Mint, Birmingham, crowned and veiled bust left, rev. bicycle, press, and telescope & lathe within circles, date in centre, 39mm, 27.25g (W & E 3275J.3). Fields lightly hairlined, otherwise extremely fine and toned, very rare; in fitted case by Rayner & Co., Patent Agents, 37 Chancery Lane W.C. £100-£120
Local, LONDON, City of London School, J.T. Conquest Prize, 1838, a silver gilt award by B. Wyon, frontal elevation of the school, rev. named (Jacobo Smith Reid, Studiis Feliciter Inceptis Praemium Datum Est MDCCCLXIV) 58mm, 35.85g (cf. BHM 1680; cf. E 1279; cf. Taylor 120a). Extremely fine and apparently very rare with this reverse £80-£100 --- James Smith Reid, FBA (1846–1926) was an English author, scholar and historian. Educated at the City of London School, which was then in Milk Street, Cheapside, he was appointed the first Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge, serving from 1899 to 1925. He was author of numerous articles in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) and a great number of Latin textbooks. He also translated Cicero's Academica.
ITALY, Michelangelo, 1673, a silver medal by G.L. Hérard, bare-headed bearded bust of Michelangelo right, m angelvs bonarotvs patritivs florentinvs, rev. fæliciter ivnxit, attributes of painting, sculpture, architecture and poetry in landscape, 56mm, 64.15g (Jones II, 285). Extremely fine, toned, extremely rare in silver £1,000-£1,200
Local, LONDON, Mayfair, a silver award medal, unsigned, Athena seated left crowning pupil with wreath, rev. named (This Medal was awarded to Master Thomas McCave for Diligence Improvement and Good Conduct St James’s Square Academy Midsummer 1865. Alexander Hunter Principal), 44mm, 32.90g. With suspension loop, good very fine but hairlined from past cleaning, rare £60-£80 --- In the Harrods Directory for 1870, Alexander Hunter is listed as running ‘The Commercial and Classical’ Day School, St James’s Square.
General, British School, c. 1802, a silver palette-shaped award medal or ticket, unsigned, Prince of Wales feathers, rev. named (The Honble Genl Henniker No 21), 54 x 44mm, 28.80g. Very fine and very rare £100-£150 --- Lieut.-General Sir Brydges Trecothic Henniker, 1st Baronet (10 November 1767 - 3 July 1816) was a politician and British Army officer. He was MP for Kildare Borough between 1797 and 1800.
Rochdale, Littleborough, Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club, a silver award medal, unsigned, rower standing facing holding oar with ornate wreath border, rev. named (July 26th 1873 Challenge Fours W. Lord [Stroke]), 41 x 31mm. Good very fine and very rare £80-£100 --- The Rowing Club can be identified from its initials due to a newspaper article from August 1874 naming Lord as Stroke in the Maiden Fours race at the Agecroft Regatta in Salford.
Local, LANCASHIRE, Liverpool (?), Hebrew Schools Old Boys’ Association, a silver award medal, unsigned, Bible and Star of David, rev. inscription, edge named (Senior Girl 1915 Sadie Greenberg), 38mm, 25.25g. Extremely fine and very rare £80-£100 --- The attribution to Liverpool is uncertain but an Association of this name was active there at the time. Their Roll of Honour shows a Pte S. Greenberg serving with the King’s Own Royal Lancs. Regiment, possibly a relative of the recipient.
Local, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design, a silver award medal by Allen & Moore, from a design by T Clark, three female students of architecture, painting and sculpture, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Mariane Sanders Free Scholar January 1856), 64mm, 101.00g. Sometime cleaned, very fine and rare £60-£80
Local, LONDON, Marylebone, a silver award medal, unsigned, pupil studying at table, named (Mr John Matheson, Margaret Street, Cavendish Sq to William McCutcheon Aged 12.), rev. (For being the First in Geography and Latin June 26th 1826), 44mm, 35.00g. Very fine with suspension loop and ring, rare £80-£100 --- The London Morning Herald for 8 August 1828 carries an announcement of forthcoming examinations at the Establishment of Mr John Matheson, Cavendish Square, 75 [?] Margaret St.
Military and Naval Reward, 1685, a silver medal by J. Roettiers, draped bust of James II right, rev. trophy of arms with naval action behind, 64mm, 92.25g (MI I, 617/29; E 282). Usual die flaw on obverse rim below Roettiers’ monogram, several rim bruises, marks in fields and on edges, otherwise very fine, rare £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Bt Spink
Local, YORKSHIRE, Leeds, a silver award medal, unsigned, ‘Teacher of the French Language’ in cartouche, ‘M. Lustrac Leeds’ around, rev. named (1er Prix de Français remporté par M. Thos. Ward chez M. Rd. Kemplay Leeds l’an 1811), 38mm, 21.00g. Very fine or better, very rare £60-£80 --- M. Lustrac posted an advertisement for French language lessons for young gentlemen in the Leeds Intelligencer, 8 January 1810. The Hull Packet newspaper, 31 October 1809 mentions the following... ‘Leeds... the Scholars of Mr. Richard Kemplay’s Academy, wearing cockades of Royal purple, with Jubilee medals pendant on their breasts...’
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, 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.
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
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
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
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
FRANCE, L’Intransigeant, 1925, an Art Deco bronze award medal by G. Contaux after Cassandre, futuristic head right with mouth open wide, rev. wreath and pillars, unnamed, 60mm (cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 128; cf. DNW 40, 780). A significant and rare Art Deco medal, extremely fine and nicely patinated; in contemporary case [of issue?] £100-£150 --- Adolphe-Jean-Marie Mouron, aka. Cassandre (1901-68), graphic artist, stage designer and painter; his design was chosen for the official poster publicising the 1925 Paris Expo. The medal was sponsored by L’Intransigeant, a newspaper
Local, LONDON, London School of Economics, Hutchinson Medal, a silver award medal by A. Wyon, bust of Adam Smith right, rev. wreath, edge named (Marion Phillips 1908), 44mm, 46.70g. Nearly extremely fine, sometime cleaned, rare £80-£100 --- Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1881, Marion Phillips arrived in the UK in 1904, After doing post-graduate work at the London School of Economics, she worked on the Royal Commission into the Poor Laws, researching public health, medical relief and the treatment of destitute children. An advocate of women’s suffrage, she became the first female MP to represent the seat of Sunderland at the 1929 General election.
General, British School at Rome, Rome Prize for Sculpture, a large matt silver award medal by F. Bowcher, Fame with outspread wings standing three-quarters left, head right, holding long trumpet, rev. wreath, edge named (Alfred Frank Hardiman 1920), 67mm, 123.30g (E 1985). Extremely fine and rare; an impressive piece of 20th century medallic art £120-£150
HUNGARY, Franz Joseph I, 1915, a bronze medal by R. Neuberger, set in an enamelled border, 65mm; Coronation of Charles IV, 1916, a bronze medal by H. Kautsch, set in an enamelled border dated 1917, 65mm; Coronation of Zita, 1916, a bronze medal by H. Kautsch, set in an enamelled border dated 1917, 65mm [3]. Very fine or better, rare £200-£300
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