Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Kildare, North Kildare Farming Society’s Show, 1910, a silver award medal by J. Moore, bull left, rev. wreath, named (1st Prize, Class I, B.H. Barton, D.L., with ‘Scottish Chief’, (93, 362)), hallmarked Birmingham 1910, 45mm; North Kildare Farming Society’s Show, 1910, a silver award medal by J. Moore, cow right, rev. wreath, named (1st Prize, Class III, B.H. Barton, D.L., with ‘Straffan Clarice’), hallmarked Birmingham 1910, 45mm (cf. Baldwin FPL 2000, 50) [2]. First extremely fine, second nearly so, both toned (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Irish Medals in Gold and Silver from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Provenance:
Barton Family Collection, Spink Auction 16, 9-10 July 1981, lot 450 (part)
bt C. Dennett.

Bertram Hugh Barton (1858-1927), Straffan, co Kildare, proprietor of the Bordeaux winery Château Langoa-Barton, was killed in a hunting accident in Ireland in 1927