Coins and Historical Medals

SOMERSET, Bath, Bluecoat School, The Brodrick Medal, 1854, silver awards by Allen & Moore (2), draped bust of Robert Nelson three-quarters left, revs. legend, edges named (Henry Smith, 1859; Emily Ann Hodges), hallmarked Birmingham 1859 and 1886, both 45mm, 39.64g, 47.45g (D & W 204/23) [2]. Extremely fine and better, toned; with clips and rings for suspension £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Educational Award Medals from the Collection formed by the late T.H. Watts.

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The school was founded in 1711 for 50 boys and 50 girls by Robert Nelson (1656-1715), a local Low Church Anglican, with assistance from Richard Skrine (1691-1737) of Warleigh Manor. On leaving each pupil was gifted £6, or £5 for girls, towards an apprenticeship. These medals relate to the new school, built in the ‘Northern renaissance’ style in 1859 by Manners & Gill, architects. It closed in 1920 and the building sold to the local health authority