Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Kildare, Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland (Inst. 1841), a silver award medal by J. Jones, crowned harp, rev. wreath, named (Kildare Farming Society 1868, To Major Barton, Straffan, for the best Bull, 1st Class), 51mm (Lane, Went and Bateson, NSI Occ. Papers 19, no. 7J; D & W 138/290). Almost extremely fine (£40-60)

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 443 (part)
bt Seaby.

Hugh Lyndoch Barton (1824-99). See footnote to lot 1089