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19th Century, Gloucestershire, Eastington, Great Exhibition, 1851, a bronze award medal by W. and L.C. Wyon, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, rev. Britannia placing a wreath on kneeling figure of Industry, attended by supporters representing the continents, edge named (C. Hooper & Co, Class XII), 77mm (Allen A25; BHM 2462; E 1457). Tiny nick in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck; in original maroon case of issue by Barnby, Clerkenwell (£120-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Gloucestershire Medals from the Collection of the Late Barry Greenaway.

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Provenance:
Bt H. Simmons June 1999.

The three mills of Eastington, Churchend, Millend and Meadow, were by 1833 managed by Charles Hooper for Hicks Bros. Hooper’s cloth manufactory, Charles Hooper & Co, employed 300 at the mills and some 200 outdoor weavers; on his death in 1869 the mills were inherited by his son, Charles Henry Hooper. The mills were closed in 1906. Further details from VCH Gloucester are sold with the lot