Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

St Kitts, Saint Christopher Agricultural Association, 1831, a silver medal, unsigned, emblems of agriculture within sugar cane wreath, rev. ship sails right, three barrels below, ships colonies and commerce, etc, 36mm. Very fine; with integral suspension loop and ring £300-500

Provenance: Henry Christensen Auction 82 (New York), 10 December 1982, lot 1021; bt Baldwin.

The Christensen envelope with the medal suggests a Prince Edward Island (Canada) link because of the speed the plough and ships colonies and commerce legends and the fact that P.E.I. tokens were sent to St. Kitts. It also states that ‘neither the cataloguer nor the consignor have ever seen or heard of another’