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Click here to subscribeLocal, YORKSHIRE, Huddersfield College, engraved silver award medals by J. Moore (2), arms and supporters, rev. named (2nd Class Classical Medal Presented by the Rt Hon The Marquis of Ripon to J.H. Hastings, Midsr. 1873); frontal elevation of the College, rev. named (Commercial Medal Presented by Wright Mellor Esqr J.P. to J.H. Hastings, July 1879), hallmarked Birmingham, 1872 and 1879, both 63mm, 45.70g, 43.30g [2]. Nearly extremely fine £100-£120
Local, STAFFORDSHIRE, Walsall, Queen Mary’s Grammar School, a silver award medal, by The Mint, Birmingham, helmeted bust of Minerva left within cartouche, rev. façade of building, named (F. Cooper), 50mm, 61.60g; WORCESTERSHIRE, King Charles i Grammar School, Kidderminster, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (1888 Percy J.T. Hardiman), 25.05g; Victoria Institute, Worcester, a silver award medal by Elkington, named (Albert J. Pitcher .... Art Session 1900-1), 28.80g, both 38mm [3]. Very fine to extremely fine, last prooflike and attractively toned £70-£90
SWEDEN, Death of King Gustav Adolf at the Battle of Lützen, 1632, a silver medal by R.N. Kitzkatz, bust three-quarters right within ornate cartouche, rev. upright sword between palm and laurel branch, crown and tetragrammaton above, landscape beyond, 40mm, 17.73g (BM. M 1864; Hildebrand 178). Extremely fine or better with old cabinet toning £800-£1,000
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.
Local, HAMPSHIRE, Winchester College, King’s Medal, 1937, a silver award by T.H. Paget, bust of George VI left, rev. tomb of William of Wykeham, edge named (Derek G. Morphett 1938), 49mm, 49.40g (BHM 4383); Queen’s Medal, 1953, by Mary Gillick, bust of Elizabeth II right, edge named (Mark V. Saint Giles 1959), 49mm, 60.20g (BHM –) [2]. Very fine £120-£150
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
Royal Dublin Society, Spring Cattle Show, 1878, a silver medal by J. Woodhouse, rev. named (Lieut. Col. J.S. Tighe, Best Sht Horned Fat Cow of any Age, No. 319), 54mm, 62.25g; another, similar, rev. named (Lieut. Col. J.S. Tighe, 2nd Best Pair of Fat Oxen, No. 340), 44mm, 37.75g [2]. About extremely fine £60-£80 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Pangbourne Allotments, silver (1) and bronze (4) medals, revs. named (Eli Willie, 1919), (R.S. Willie, 1923), (James Richins, 1924), (J. Richins, 1926), (J. Richens, 1934), each 44mm [5]. Good very fine or better; all cased [one case broken] £60-£80 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Royal Horticultural Society, Knightian Medal, a silver award by W. Wyon, bust of Thomas Knight left, rev. wreath, named (To Mr John Povey For Pine Apples August 1844), 44mm, 37.75g (BHM 1705; E 1290). About extremely fine with resultant light hairlining, nearly extremely fine; in contemporary case £100-£120
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.
FRANCE, Battle of Eylau, 1807, a copper medal by N.G.A. Brenet, laureate head of Napoleon right, rev. Napoleon as Diomedes, seated right on pile of flags and arms, holding sword and Victory, 40mm (Julius 1727; Bramsen 628); LOW COUNTRIES, Brabant Insurrection, 1790, a copper medalet, unsigned, 33mm; together with other medals (2, one silver), from Austria and Switzerland [4]. Very fine to extremely fine £150-£180
Local, LONDON, Cordwainers’ and Bread Street Ward Schools, a silver award medal, unsigned, child praying, edge named (James Carter Simes), 38mm, 26.80g; London Orphan Asylum, Watford, a silver award medal, unsigned, edge named (Paul S. Prosser June 1885), 38mm, 31.00g; United Westminster Schools, a silver award medal, unsigned, rev. named (C.P. Isaac Secundus 1900), 37mm, 21.90g [3]. About extremely fine, second with loop for suspension £70-£90
Local, OXFORDSHIRE, Radley College, Oxford, 1857, a silver vessica-shaped award, unsigned, full-length figure of St Peter on capital, rev. eagle, serpent and scroll, edge named (C.V. Carlisle, 1906), 80 x 49mm, 148.90g. Details and suspension loop carefully gilded, extremely fine; an impressive award £100-£120 --- Charles Valentine Carlisle (1888-1958) attended Radley from 1901.
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.
Local, KENT, Canterbury, Clergy Orphan Corporation School for Boys, St Thomas’s Mount, George Musgrave Prize, a silver award medals by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, rev. named (H.J.W. Wrenford), 51mm, 59.66g; Langton Schools, a silver award medal, arms, rev. named (P.M. Young 1908), 50mm, 61.75g; Faversham, Wright’s School for Boys, a silver award medal by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., arms, rev. named (Edward S. Eastland 1916 First in Mathematics), hallmarked Birmingham 1916, 50mm, 67.15g; Ramsgate, St Augustine’s College, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms with crozier, rev. arms surmounted by coronet, edge named (Maurice Hussey 1942), 44mm, 36.90g [4]. Extremely fine £100-£120
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, LONDON, Hampden Gurney School, Marylebone, a silver award medal, unsigned, rev. named (Head Boy 1912 A. Tait), 50.15g; St Mary Magdalene School Upper Tooting, a silver award medal by W.J. Taylor, rev. named (E.A. Broadbelt Christmas 1898), 49.35g; Sts Michael and All Angels School, Paddington, a silver award medal, unsigned, rev. named (Head Boy William H. Norris Christmas 1882), 48.20g; Upper Tooting High School, a silver award medal, rev. named (Head Boy Charles Miller Christmas 1913), hallmarked Birmingham 1913, maker’s mark unclear, 48.55g, all 50 mm [4]. Very fine to extremely fine, first with added suspender and bar, third hairlined from past cleaning £100-£120
Local, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham School of Design, 1842, a silver award medal by J. Moore, turreted female bust right within quatrefoil, rev. arms surrounded by instruments of art and design, all within quatrefoil, edge named (Alfred H. Hall, 1875), 48mm, 59.00g (D & W 211/85; E 1371). A fine example Victorian Gothic Revival medallic art, extremely fine £100-£150
George III, Coronation, 1761, a silver medal by L. Natter, laureate bust right, rev. king, clad as a Roman emperor, being crowned by Britannia, 34mm, 18.58g (BHM 24; E 694). Some friction on high points, about extremely fine, toned £400-£500 --- Provenance: Morton & Eden Auction 105, 28 November 2019, lot 260
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...’
Local, LINCOLNSHIRE, Grantham, King’s School, silver award medals (2), by W. Griffiths & Sons, arms, revs. named (Senior Victor Ludorum W.R. Sparks 1928) and (1926 1/2 Mile [Open] 1st Tie L.F. Sparks), 52mm, 32mm, 74.00g, 14.10g; Grimsby, Municipal College, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. named (Championship [Boys] L. Watson 1922), 38mm, 22.35g [3]. Very fine to extremely fine £60-£80
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.
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
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
Jernegan’s Lottery, 1736, a silver medal by J.S. Tanner, Minerva standing between trophies and emblems of arts and sciences, rev. Queen Caroline watering a grove of palm trees, 39mm, 20.21g (MI II, 517/72; W 1714; E 537). Some edge marks, nearly extremely fine, toned £80-£100
Miscellaneous, Clark’s College London, silver award medals (2), by Vaughton, revs. named (Robina Means 1st Place Open Competition Female Learners G.P.O May 1903) and (O. Davies 1st Place [Girls] Commercial Test Examination March 1917), both hallmarked Birmingham 1902 and 1918 [sic] respectively, both 44mm; together with other silver award medals (7), from Bournemouth, Hitchin, Ilford etc., all named, most hallmarked, various sizes, total weight approx. 245.00g [9]. Varied state £120-£150
Local, OXFORDSHIRE, Magdalene College School, Oxford, silver award medals (2), unsigned, arms, revs. vase of lilies within tressure, edge named (C Plummer Classics 1868), full-length figure of Newton, edge named (1897 Frank Wallis), both 52mm, 70.60g, 61.80g [2]. About extremely fine £80-£100
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
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
Beaumont College, Windsor, [c. 1860(?)], a silver medal, unsigned and undated façade of the College, rev. Virgin Mary standing within mandorla, 56mm (Taylor 55a). Lightly brushed, otherwise extremely fine, attractively toned £100-£120 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Anne, Coronation, 1702, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Croker], bust left, rev. Anne, as Pallas, hurls a thunderbolt at a monster, 35mm, 15.95g (MI II, 228/4; E 390). Minor spotting on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, olive tone £200-250 --- Provenance: Ex DNW 13th July 2011
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, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, crowned laureate bust left, rev. royal arms on shield in centre, smaller shields around bearing names of members of the Royal Family, 51mm, 58.34g (W & E 3476B.5; BHM 3512). About extremely fine, toned £200-£260
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