Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Wells, Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland (Inst. 1841), a silver award medal by W. Woodhouse adapted for the North Wexford and Gorey Poor Law Union Farming Society, crowned harp, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Chas. M. Doyne, Esq, D.L., Wells, for his red cow ‘Shamrock’, calved Nov. 11th 1881, By Mentor, 1887), 51mm (Lane, Went and Bateson, NSI Occ. Papers 19, no. 2). Virtually as struck, toned (£70-90)

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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Charles Mervyn Doyne (1837-1903), JP, DL, high sheriff of co Wexford 1873 and co Carlow 1875, is recorded as owning over 10,800 acres of land in cos Wexford, Carlow and Kildare in 1870. See also lot 1234