Irish Coins & Historical Medals

Sir Hugh Lane, 1888, an engraved silver medal in the style of de Passe for R. Huth, bust three-quarters right, rev. bust three-quarters left, 30mm. Extremely fine and very rare £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 55, 7 May 2008, lot 2754.

Sir Hugh Percy Lane (1875-1915), Irish born collector of, and dealer in, Impressionist paintings. Lane established the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Dublin – the first public gallery of modern art in the world. He was to drown on the Lusitania