BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Grand Sunderland Bridge Lottery, 1816, white metal medals by T. Halliday (2), both 45mm (BHM 929-30; E 1087 and var.; W 1719-20; D & W 319/8); Exhibition of Art, Manufacture and Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1840, white metal medals (2), unsigned, both 42mm (BHM 1982); Opening of the Aquarium, Winter Gardens and Baths, Tynemouth, 1878, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (BHM –); Opening of Victoria Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees, 1887, a white metal medal by Pinches, 36mm (W & E 2320A.1); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals (5) [11]. Those described generally very fine, others in varied state £60-80

Provenance: J. Gardiner Collection [BHM 929 gift of W. Kennett]