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Click here to subscribeVictoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal, unsigned [by Sir Alfred Gilbert], for the Art Union of London, crowned bust right, rev. ship sailing left, cherub at prow and angel standing at stern, 63mm (W & E 2150; BHM 3246; E 1735). Reverse edge knock at 11 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £800-£900
George IV, Accession, 1820, a copper box medal by J.G. Hancock, laureate bust left, rev. chronology of the sovereigns of england within border of Garter ornaments; containing 13 [of 17] card discs of Kings and Queens, 46mm (BHM 1016; E –; cf. DNW 192, 752). Box and contents good very fine, very rare £200-£300
Actions of Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank / Battle of Jutland, 1914-16, a mule bronze medal by Spink & Son, views of the Mainz and the Blücher sinking in two oval medallions with rope borders joined by central knot, rev. legend within wreath, 45mm (BHM 4117/4124; E 1940/1951). Very fine and very rare; in fitted case [damaged], lid embossed ‘H.M.S. New Zealand, Xmas 1916’ £80-£100
Henry IX, a copper touchpiece, ship sailing right, rev. St Michael standing, spearing dragon, 21mm, 3.22g/12h (Woolf 74:1). Pierced as usual, wavy flan, otherwise about very fine, rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: H. Farquhar Collection, Glendining Auction, 25 April 1955, lot 196 (part); C.F. Noon Collection, Spink Auction 165, 8 October 2003, lot 334
Sir Sydney Smith, 1805, a gilt white metal medal by T. Webb, 54mm (BHM 573); Charles James Fox, 1806, a round wooden box, the top and bottom set with brass clichés of the obv. and rev. of the medal by P. Wyon, 53 x 36mm (cf. BHM 608); Masonic Charity Instituted, 1830, a gilt-silver medal, unsigned, 36mm (BHM 1463) [3]. Fine to good very fine, first rare but with some surface corrosion £80-£100
Prospect House, Doncaster (Est. 1804), a copper Reward of Merit by T. Ottley, un-named, 48mm; Kingston-upon-Hull Jubilee, Battle of Leipzig, 1813, a white metal medal, unsigned, 43mm (Eimer 31; BHM 775) [2]. Very fine, first rare, second pierced as issued £50-£70 --- Provenance: G.M. Percival Collection
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, For Services, a copper award by W. Wyon, diademed head of Victoria left, rev. wreath, edge named (The Duke of Buckingham & Chandos), 55mm (Allen SK-A015; BHM 2755A; E 1554). Extremely fine, rare; in fitted case £300-£400 --- Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (1823-89) 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; served as one of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the 1862 Exhibition
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
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]
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.
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)
FRANCE, L’Enfant à la rose [The Child with the Rose], 1896, a uniface Art Nouveau bronze plaque by J.-P. Legastelois, young girl to right, sniffing a rose, tree at right, 105 x 83mm (BDM III, 372). Very fine and a charming study, rare; with openwork loop mounts to aid suspension £80-£100 --- Almost certainly a forerunner of Legastelois’ better-known plaque, Jeunesse, first exhibited at the 1897 Paris Salon and adapted for the first issue of the Société des Amis de la Médaille française in 1899
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
[Edinburgh] Revolution Club, 1775, an engraved silver medal or pass, unsigned, equestrian figure of William III, william the glorious revolution 1688, rev. unanimity, stability & freedom, revolution club 1775, anchor, clasped hands, pole and Liberty cap, 32mm, 9.32g (D&W –; Woolf –; MI II, –; E –; Brodie –). Of fine workmanship, good very fine with original suspender, apparently excessively rare; seemingly unpublished in the main references and collections £400-£600 --- The vendor’s envelope states ‘Revolution Club Medal, 1775, supposed to relate to the Edinburgh club of that name’. A relatively common medal is known for the Edinburgh club, dated 1753 (Woolf 66:1; MI II, 672/384; E 640; Brodie 240). Some recent research has found the following advertisement in the Caledonian Mercury for 13 November 1775. ‘On Wednesday next, the 15th current, the Revolution Club is to meet in the house of Charles Walker, Vintner, in Writers’ Court at six in the evening in commemoration of our happy deliverance from Popery and slavery by King William and Queen Mary of glorious and immortal memory... It is expected all members in or near town will attend. The Committee are desired to meet in John’s Coffeehouse, same day, at 12 o’clock noon, for the admission of new members’. Writers’ Court is off High Street not far from Edinburgh Castle. John’s Coffee House was nearby in Parliament Close (now Parliament Square) by St Giles’ Cathedral.
Erection of a Statue of William IV, 1845, a copper medal by Allen & Moore, full-length standing figure of King on plinth, rev. inscription within wreath, 62mm (BHM 2219). About extremely fine and very rare £120-£150 --- Originally placed at the corner of King William Street and Cannon Street in the City of London, it is now in Greenwich Park.
Charles III, a silver touchpiece, ship sailing right, rev. St Michael standing, spearing dragon, 21mm, 1.70g/12h (Woolf 68 [O2/R2]). Pierced twice, some old scratches, otherwise about very fine, rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: H. Farquhar Collection, Glendining Auction, 25 April 1955, lot 193 (part); C.F. Noon Collection, Spink Auction 165, 8 October 2003, lot 332
Queen Anne, undated, a cast uniface silver plaque, by J. O’Brisset, crowned bust left, ornately draped and cuirassed, signed ob on shoulder, field stippled, 70 x 50mm (Farquhar VII, p.58; cf. MI II, 299/117). Good very fine and very rare £400-£600 --- Provenance: bt Baldwin Based on the busts by John Croker, the portrait of Anne in majesty is essentially a piece of anti-Jacobite propaganda.
Quatercentenary of the Birth of William Shakespeare, 1964, a large bronze medal by M. Debus for the Club française de la Médaille, bust facing, rev. Lady Macbeth brandishing a chandelier, haunted by remorse, edge ee/250, 165mm (CGMP p.564). Extremely fine and patinated, very rare £100-£150 --- Edition of 250. ee = épreuve d’auteur
Weem (Perthshire) Agricultural Association, 1903, a silver award medal by W.H. Haseler (Presented by Mr Duncan Cameron, Kinloch Rannoch, for the Best Collie Dog or Bitch), rev. (Won by W. McLeish), hallmarked Birmingham, 1902, 57mm, 50.30g. With ornate leaf and thistle border and suspension loop, good very fine, rare £60-£80
Edinburgh Royal High School, 1831, Macdonald Prize, a silver award medal by W. Marshall, arms with supporters, rev. arms, named (Johanni Young, 1831), 52mm, 53.43g, hallmarked Edinburgh, 1830 (Grimshaw 6/9). Set in a silver gilt surround with ornate suspension loop and ring, very fine, rare £100-£120
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830, a white metal medal by T. Halliday for T. Woolfield, 49mm (Moyaux 4; BHM 1458; E 1223); Opening of the Grand Junction Railway, 1837, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, 55mm (Moyaux 11; BHM 1788; Taylor 113b) [2]. First with metal fault in exergue on obverse otherwise extremely fine, second about extremely fine and rare £100-£150
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a uniface trial striking in bronze by Sir J.E. Boehm, bust of Victoria left wearing small crown, victoria d g regina et imperatrix, signed j.e. boehm on truncation, 120mm (cf. Dyer and Stocker pl. 2, 16). About extremely fine and presumably extremely rare; mounted on maroon velvet in a contemporary glazed gilt wooden frame; the paper on the reverse inscribed ‘A bronze Medallion Modelle[d] by the late Sir J. Edgar Boehm Bart R.A., Sculptor [in] Ordinary to the Queen’ £600-£800 --- The drapery, font and signature are all different from the adopted design for the Royal Mint medallions and different again from the coinage. The nose is more aquiline, the veil and dress much less ornate, and the signature engraved with Boehm written in full. The lettering is larger and from a slightly different font, perhaps reminiscent of contemporary issues from the Berlin mint. Both the coinage and the medallions issued in 1887 show a more elaborate handling of the portrait, perhaps at the request of the queen or at the instigation of William Wyon who prepared the dies for the final versions. A replacement for the young head coinage was first mooted as early as 1879. A favourite of Her Majesty and acclaimed monumental sculptor, Boehm was given the task. He produced various portraits in the early 1880s, none of them adopted. Dyer and Stocker suggest that the present effort probably dates c. 1885-6. (BNJ 54 [1984], pp.274-288). On its release in 1887, the new portrait did not meet with public approval. This disapproval quickly turned to ridicule which in turn gave way to xenophobia for the Austro-Hungarian who until then had been the toast of royalty, aristocracy and Victorian high society alike. It may be that such a spectacular fall from favour contributed to Boehm’s premature death in December 1890 at the age of 56.
Foundation of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843, a hollow silver medallic badge, tablets and burning bush, surrounded by dates 1560, 1592, 1638, 1688, 1843 and names chalmers, dunlop and candlish all within thistle wreath, rev. legend in 25 lines detailing the cause, dated 18 May 1843 and stamped 100, 52mm, 34.00g. Brooch-mounted on reverse (pin missing), good very fine, rare £100-£150
Hunterian Medical Society Edinburgh, 1838, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned (Sesssion 1838-9, Palmam Qui Meruit Fiat), rev. (Awarded to Samuel Brown Esqr for an Experimental Essay on the Chrystallization [sic] of Infusible and Insoluble Carburets which was adjudged the Best Paper read before the Society), hallmarked Edinburgh, no date letter, 57mm, 46.10g. With integral suspension loop and ring, good very fine; in shaped, fitted case as issued, very rare £150-£200
A.H. Johnson, 80th Birthday, 1925, a bronze medal by P. Metcalfe, bust left, rev. interior of All Souls College Chapel, Oxford, 64mm (BHM –; E –; Eimer, BNJ 1985, 15; Royal Mint Report 1925 p.12, Plate A, 4, 5). Extremely fine and rare £80-£100 --- This is a scarce early Royal Mint production by Metcalfe who was a protégé of Sir Robert Johnson, the Deputy Master. The latter’s father is the subject of the medal. As a student at Oxford, Arthur Henry Johnson played football for the University in the team which won the 1874 FA Cup. His later academic work is well documented, as is his wider involvement in the University, beyond All Souls. He wrote the five-volume History of the Worshipful Company of the Drapers of London (1914).
Eglinton Tournament, 1839, a silver prize medal, unsigned (by W. Wyon), two knights on horseback jousting, in exergue, september 1839, rev. unnamed, 36mm, 23.88g (BHM 1891; CP p.174, pl. 36, fig. 1; cf. DNW 41/260). With loop and suspension bar, nearly extremely fine, extremely rare £100-£120 --- Provenance: Baldwin Commemorative Medals FPL, 1999 (558) The Eglinton Tournament was a lavish, if ill-fated, medieval-style tournament organised in 1839 by the 13th Earl of Eglinton. The expense and extent of the preparations became news across Scotland, and the railway line was even opened in advance of its official opening to ferry guests to Eglinton. Although high summer, in typical Scottish style torrential rain washed the proceedings out, despite the participants, in full period dress, gamely attempting to participate in events such as jousting. Amongst the participants was Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (the future Emperor Napoléon III of France).
PHILIPPINES, Commerce and Industry, [c. 1785], a gilt-copper medal by J. Gabriel Gil, bust of Charles III right, rev. aplicacion al trabajo, woman seated at spinning wheel, man standing holding basket, manila in exergue, 49mm (Fonrobert 914; BDM II, 263). Brushed, some contact marks, gilding slightly worn on high points, otherwise good very fine, very rare £600-£800
International Who’s Who in Community Service, 1972, silver medal for Distinguished Service, unsigned [by the Royal Mint], edge named (Vernette Landers), 36mm; International Biographical Centre, Silver Jubilee, 1985, silver award medal, unsigned [by the Royal Mint], edge named (Dr Vernette Landers), 36mm [2]. Both about as struck and rare, second with suspension bar and ribbon; both in Royal Mint cases of issue £60-£80 --- Dr Vernette Trosper Lum Landers (1912-2005), World Poet Laureate and International Woman of the Year; born in Lawton, Oklahoma, her mother was in vaudeville and the family moved to Hollywood in the 1920s; she and her husband Newlin Jewel Landers (1906-1990) gave their name to the town of Landers, California
FRANCE, Olivier de Serres, c. 1880, a copper award medal by H. de Longueil for the Société d’Agriculture de Joigny, Yonne, un-named, 50mm (cf. DNW 143, 166); Fédération Française de la Carrosserie, a bronze award plaque by F. Joffre, 90 x 61mm; Berrichonne, 1940, a bronze plaque by P.-L. Guilbert, 57 x 45mm (CGMP p.198); together with other French bronze medals and plaques (5) [8]. Very fine, third rare £60-£80
A Viking gold bangle, early 2nd millennium A.D. Formed of solid gold, the exterior stamped with alternating bands of circular and triangular decoration, terminating in dual loops Dimensions:8.2cm diameter Provenance:Provenance:Simon Bendall, London, United KingdomThe Hall Family Collection, acquired from the aboveFortuna Fine ArtsPrivate collection, United Kingdom, acquired from the above, a copy of the original invoice to be included with the item Note: Note: Please note that this item has been studied and assessed by experts at the Jorvik Viking Museum, York. During the Viking era, both men and women wore jewellery, typically made from bronze or silver, with gold being reserved for the elite. At the onset of the Viking era in 800 A.D., the jewellery was characterized by minimalistic designs. However, as techniques evolved and Vikings encountered new cultures through exploration and raiding, jewellery became increasingly intricate, incorporating designs from these cultures. Certain families of high social standing began to use ornamentation that was exclusive to their clan, and not to be replicated by others.Beyond their decorative function and status symbol, jewellery served as a form of currency during this period. Pieces were often broken up into smaller parts to accommodate transactions, resulting in complete pieces becoming rare.
A rare and unusual Victorian silver double chambered chocolate or coffee pot with two round chocolate pots with lids a large filter mug with perforated base tray burner press and filter. With matching date letters London 1873 maker Robert Hennell Provenance. The crest on all the pieces is that of Danish Baroness Alice Florence de Bretton, the daughter of Baron Joseph de Bretton of Copenhagen. She was born in the British Virgin Islands in 1851, married Charles John Spencer Canning, 3rd Baron Garvagh of Londonderry in 1877.
Doctor Who: A rare framed, Doctor Who, 'Our Price Video', The Tomb of the Cybermen, Cyberman display poster, seen in various video stores upon release. Complete with accompanying 'Entry Form' to enter into a competition to win a replica Cyberman mask. The poster dates to around Summer 1992. Measuring approx. 161cm x 78cm. Please assess photographs.
Doctor Who: A rare Chad Valley Give-a-Show Projector. 1960’s. Contents complete and in good condition. Projector complete with both fastening pins. With all 16 colour slide strips. Box has wear, split corners, some tape but still complete and with colourful artwork. Some writing on box lid. Please assess photographs.
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