Auction Catalogue

1 July 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 2134

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1 July 2008

Hammer Price:
£30

19th Century, School of Industry for Female Orphans, St John’s Wood, 1855, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon, bust of Revd. George Fisk left, rev. Biblical quotation in seven lines, 49mm (BHM –); Holborn Restaurant, 1874, a lead medal, unsigned, named (Wm. Sherwood Esq, Dec. 21st 1895), 69mm (BHM 2990; E 1640; Taylor 207a); 700th Anniversary of the Founding of Liverpool, 1907, a bronze medal by C.J. Allen, 64mm (BHM 3952; E 1898; cf. DNW M6, 1317); Latin-British Exhibition, London, 1912, a bronze award medal by Vaughton, un-named, 51mm [4]. Very fine, first rare, second with some edge nicks (£60-80)