Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Prize Medal, a bronze award by W. and L.C. Wyon, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, tridents and dolphins in field, rev. Britannia placing a wreath on kneeling figure of Industry, attended by supporters representing the continents, edge named (J.E. Dowson, Class XXII), 77mm (Allen A25; BHM 2462; E 1457). Extremely fine £120-150

The recipient was Joseph Emerson Dowson, 123 Oxford street, London, manufacturer of Cundy’s patent hot-air ventilating stove