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A set of six Old English pattern George 1V silver teaspoons, London 1828, makers mark for Charles Shipway., together with a single silver dessert spoon, London 1813, a scroll top preserve spoon, Birmingham 1926, a mixed group of silver condiment spoons, butter knife and two silver plated pickle forks and a silver cigarette case (qty)
Silver pocket watch and a Waltham gold plated watch. Condition report: All watches are sold without warranty. The silver cased watch signed J Flinn Earlsdon & London No. 8042, fusee, lever, dust cover, winds and ticks briefly. The hunter watch signed Thos Russell Liverpool, Swiss made "Premier" movement, stem wind, hairline at 12:00, ticks winds and adjusts at the time of writing, but see the clocks and watches proviso.
Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) and François II (1544-1559-1560), King consort of Scotland and Dauphin of France, 1558, a 19th century restitutional silver medal, 1558, by Jean Baptiste Salmson, copying a 16th century jeton by Guillaume Martin, busts vis-à-vis, crown above, rev., the arms of Dauphiné and Scotland, FECIT VTRAQVE VNVM 1558, 54mm (MI 92/5; BMC [Jones] Vol I, 78; BDM V, 317). Choice mint state. Guillaume Martin (active from before 1558-?1590). Provenance: Michael Hall Collection, Part I, Baldwin Auction, 4 May, 2010 (lot 265).
Mary, Queen of Scots and François II, King of France (1544-1549-1560), silver medal or counter, 1560, unsigned, crowned shield of France impaling Scotland and England, MARIA DG FRANCOR SCOTOR REG ETC, rev., two crowns of differing sizes between earth and heavens, in which a third crown formed with stars, ALIAMQVE MORATVR 1560, 32.5mm (MI 96/15; CP.10/10; Feuardent. 11657). Good very fine on full flan, neatly pierced at 10 o`clock (12 o`clock on reverse), very rare. Provenance: J. Scaife Collection, Spink Auction, 30 September, 2005 (lot 527).
Thomas Stanley (d. 1571), Assay Master at the Tower Mint, silver medal, c.1562, by Steven van Herwijck [Stephen of Holland (c.1530-1565/7)] and signed on truncation, `STE. H.`, bust right wearing a flat bonnet, gown with raised collar and small ruff, rev., his armorial shield, garnished and with helm, with hart as crest, beaded border to both sides, 44.5mm (MI 105/32; Simonis pl. XXVI, 5). A contemporary cast of superb quality, extremely fine. Thomas Stanley, a goldsmith, was appointed Assay Master at the Tower Mint by Henry VIII in 1545 and oversaw the debasement of the silver coinage and addressed the problem of the accurate preparation of silver to the precise Sterling standard. He became Comptroller of the Mint in 1553 and in 1560 Under-Treasurer (on his death in 1571 the position became Master of the Mint). Provenance: John R. Gaines, part II, Morton & Eden, 8 December, 2005 (lot 46); `Late Collector` sale, Sotheby`s, 12 June 1974, lot 4; Morton & Eden, 21 May 2003 (lot 1104).
Sir Richard Martin (1534-1617), Warden, then Master of the Mint and Lord Mayor of London (1589 & 1594) and his wife, Dorcas, cast copper double-portrait medal, 1562, by Steven van Herwijck [Stephen of Holland] (c.1530-1565/7), his bust right wearing soft cap, cloak and small ruff collar, RICHARD MARTIN ÆT 28 AO 1562, rev., her bust left, in pointed bonnet, cloak and small ruff collar, DORCAS EGLESTONE VX RICHARD MARTIN ÆT 25, 58.5mm (MI 107/33; Eim. 45; Scher [1994] 169; H & P pl. 23, 6). A contemporary cast, some light tooling, good very fine with rich brown patina, excessively rare. The silver example of this medal in the British Museum is catalogued in MI as "unique?". Martin was a goldsmith by profession, who in his work at the Mint, carried out reforms in relation to both the English and Irish coinage. . He married Dorcas (1537-1590), daughter of Sir John Ecclestone (or Eglestone) of Lancashire, in or before 1562. Both are buried in Tottenham Church. Provenance: Ex. Papillon Collection, Bonhams, 25 March, 1998 (lot 8); Previously bt. Spink c. 1976.
St. Saviour`s School, Southwark, founded 1562, silver prize medal, by John Kirk, bust of Elizabeth I left, wearing ruff collar and jewellery over dress, rev., façade of the school building, SIGILUM HOC PUERO … / SCHOLA SANTCI SALVATORIS, 40.5mm (MI 110/37; Grimshaw 19; cf. JT 126a; D & W 256/402), late 18th century. Extremely fine, scarce. St. Saviour`s was a free grammar school for boys in Southwark. In 1896 it was amalgamated with St Olave`s Grammar School. The medallist John Kirk died in 1796 and the medal`s reverse shows the old school. A later version of the medal was made by W. J. Taylor. Provenance: Bt. eBay, January, 2013.
Penrith Free Grammar School, founded 1565, William Bleamire`s prize medal, silver, by Vaughton & Sons after a 19th century original, bust of Elizabeth I three-quarters left, rev., legend in eleven lines, named on edge, "E. A. Lunson July 1931", 47mm (MI 111/39; Finlay, M., Fig 12; Grimshaw 22; D & W 268/489), Birmingham hallmark, 1913. Matt surface, extremely fine. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School is now Cumbria`s only coeducational selective grammar school. It moved from its original premises in St Andrew`s churchyard to its present site in 1917. Provenance: Bt. S. Monks, December 2008
Elizabeth I, the defence of the Kingdom, silver medalet, c. 1572, crowned bust right, rose behind, chained portcullis in front, QVID NOS SINE TE (the N`s inverted), rev., a castle on a mount, E - R to either side, a sphere below, QUID HOC SINE ARMIS, 23.5mm (MI 120/57; Eim. 47). Very fine, toned and rare. The style of the medalet, as Eimer states, is very much in the style of the milled coinage, c. 1561-1572, of the pioneering Frenchman, Eloye Mestrelle. Provenance: Bt. T. Millett, 2001.
Mary, Queen of Scots, silver counter or jeton, 1579, crowned shield of France and Scotland impaled, MARIA D G SCOTOR REGINA FRAN DOI, rev., standing winged figure of Fortune holding a rudder and wheel, 28mm (MI 130/82; CP.14/15). Very fine, toned and very rare. Provenance: J. Scaife Collection, Spink Auction, 30 September, 2005 (lot 531).
Philips van Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Lord of West-Souburg (1540-1598), Flemish statesman, cast Dutch silver medal, 1580, unsigned, cast and chased, armoured bust right, wearing ruff collar, PH DE MARNIX S DVMONT S ALDEGONDE, rev., Venus, her car drawn by swans, offers crown to warrior on rearing horse, EX VIRTV TE HONOR, 37mm (MI 131/84; vL I, 280; Smolderen p. 267, pl. LXVII, fig 8). A handsome medal, extremely fine and extremely rare. Philips van Marnix was a Commissioner of the United Provinces who offered their Protectorship to the Duke of Anjou in the then generally accepted belief that Elizabeth I would marry him. The medal`s reverse depicts the Queen as Venus offering Sovereign power to the Duke. The design, however, is copied from Jonghelinck`s medal for the marriage of Alessandro Farnese in 1565 (Smolderen 43) van Marnix is also remembered as the probable author of the text of the Wilhelmus, the Dutch national anthem. The Falkiner Index does not record any specimens sold at auction within the UK. Provenance: Künker Auction, 11 March, 2008 (lot 5747).
Assistance to the United Provinces, Dutch Silver Jeton, 1585, Elizabeth enthroned, presents roses to two Deputies, MACTE ANIMI ROSA NECTARE IMBVTA, rev., two Spaniards eat hay from a manger along with a horse and donkey, SPRETE AMBROSIA VESCITOR FENO, 29mm (MI 133/86; Eim. 51; Dugn 3044; vL I, 355, 2). Extremely fine, toned and rare in silver. Struck to commemorate the Treaty of Nonsuch, signed by Elizabeth I at Nonsuch Palace, Surrey, 10 August, 1585. Initially intended as a way of lifting the Siege of Antwerp, Elizabeth agreed to supply 6,400 foot soldiers and 1,000 cavalry, along with an annual subsidy of 600,000 florins a year. The treaty was seen by Spain as a declaration of war which would lead to the Spanish Armada three years later. Provenance: Morton & Eden Auction, 20-21 May, 2003 (lot 1106).
Elizabeth I, Assistance to the United Provinces, Dutch silver jeton, 1586, Elizabeth enthroned presents sword to two Deputies, the Earl of Leicester stands to left, E R EST ALTRIX ESVRIENTIVM, rev., a sword, its tip in clouds from which יְהֹוָה radiates, SERMO DEI QVO ENSE ANCIPI ACVTIOR, 30mm (MI 133/87; vL I, 359; Dugn 3096). Sharp very fine though flatness in striking on the face of Elizabeth. Provenance: Bt. Baldwin.
Bergen-op-Zoon protected and the alliance with England, Dutch silver jeton, 1586, struck at Middelbourg, shield of Zeeland, LVCTOR ET EMERGO, rev., shields of eight towns around central shield of Zeeland, AVTORE DEO FAVENTE REGINA, 31mm (MI 136/92; Dugn. 3093; vL I, 356). Extremely fine and scarce in silver. Provenance: Elsen Auction, 15 September, 2007 (lot 1880); Coin Invest Auction, 20 November, 1995.
The Protestants supported in the United Provinces, heavy silver medal, 1587, by Gerhard van Bijlaer, struck in Dordrecht, the Queen, her feet trampling a hydra, attended by courtier, perhaps the Earl of Leicester, five naked infants kneel with armorial shields, DEO OPT LAVS ET HONOR IN OE ÆVVM QVOD, rev., the name יְהֹוָה radiates on the Pope, bishops and other religious figures and objects falling from the clouds, QVEM DEVS CONFICIET SPIRITV ORIS SVI, 51mm; 60.94g (MI 139/99; Eim. 53; vL I, 369). Good very fine, slight edge bruise to reverse at 10 o`clock. Provenance: Baldwin, 1999.
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532-1588), Leicester relinquishes the Governorship of Holland, silver medal 1587, unsigned, bust of Leicester three-quarters left, in richly decorated tunic, collar and feathered hat, ROBE CO LEIC ET IN BELG GVBER 1587, rev., sheep graze in flat countryside, to the right a dog leaves them, INVITVS DESERO, legend around, NO GRECEM SED INGRATOS, 41mm (MI 140/100; Eim. 54; H & P pl. 28, 5; vL I, 375). Cast and details finely chased, extremely fine. The United Provinces had complained to Elizabeth I about the unpopularity of Leicester as Governor and Captain General. Leicester had been absent from the country and returned to find that he had been replaced as Captain General by Maurice, second son of the late Prince of Orange. He then quit the Provinces and these medals were distributed at that time. Provenance: Michael Hall Collection, Part III, Baldwin Auction, 28 September, 2010 (lot 2524).
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Dutch silver medal, by Gerhard van Bijlaer, struck in Dordrecht, the Pope, King of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor, Bishops and others seated in consultation, DVRVM EST CONTRA STIMVLOS CALCITRARE, rev., the Spanish fleet driven against the rocks, ships sinking and sailors being thrown in the water, TV DEVS MAGNVS ET MAGNA FACIS TV SOLVS, within border VENI VIDE VIVE 1588, 50.5mm (MI 144/111; Eim. 56; vL I, 384; MH 4). Some light tooling to obverse field, good very fine, scarce.
The defeat of the Spanish Armada, bronzed-metal cast of the Dutch silver medal, 1588, unsigned, view of the British and Spanish fleets with many ships firing canon, FLAVIT ET DISSIPATI SVNT 1588, rev., church on an island rock buffeted by the sea, armorial shield of Prince Maurice of Orange, ALLIDOR NON LÆDOR, 50.5mm (MI 145/112; Eim. 57; MH 5; vL I, 386,1). Very fine. The original silver medal produced in Middleburg. Provenance: Bt. eBay, September, 2012.
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