Auction Catalogue

17 December 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1191

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17 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£270

Maryborough, Queens County Agricultural Society, 1862, a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse, farm animals, plough and harrow, house and trees in background, rev. wreath, named (1st Prize to Robert G. Cosby Esq, for best 3 Pigs under 18 Months Old), 51mm. Obverse rim cut at 12 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, toned, rare (£80-100)

Provenance:
Baldwin FPL 1993 (144).

Robert Ashworth Godolphin Cosby, Stradbally Hall, Stradbally; Captain, Queen's County Rifles (late Lt, 6th Dragoons). For other medals to this recipient see Baldwin FPL 1993 (142-3) and 1995 (46, 50)