British, Italian and World Coins, Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

India, Madras Agri-Horticultural Society, c. 1890, a bronze award medal, unsigned, standing figure of Ceres holding upturned cornucopia, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to The Hon. Mr Eardley Norton, For Collection of Well Grown Ferns, 1903), 48mm (Pudd. 948.12.2). Spot below the feet of Ceres, otherwise extremely fine; in original fitted case by P. Orr & Sons, Madras & Rangoon £80-100

Eardley Norton, Dunmore House, Madras and from 1889 at Theatre road, Calcutta, was a lawyer at the Madras Bar who had a stellar career and was an enthusiastic supporter of the Indian National Congress. Opposed to the policies and beliefs of Lord Dufferin, he was dubbed by his countrymen as a veiled seditionist for his participation in the Congress