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France, Victories over the Holy Roman Empire, 1552, a cast bronze medal attributed to E. Delaune, laureate bust of Henri II right, rev. Victory and Peace in chariot driven by Fame, 55mm, 36.06g (BMC 64; Kress 542; Mol. 240; Maz. II, 99; Trésor I, pl.xii, 1; cf. Clifford 425); Canal de Languedoc, 1667, a gilt medal, unsigned, bust right, rev. panorama of Toulouse, 52mm (BMC 345) [2]. First very fine but with casting flaw and marks on obverse, second pierced and obverse scratched, fine...
Hammer Price: £80
France, Charles X, 1590, a cast bronze medal by P. Regnault, crowned bust left, rev. monarch kneels at altar, three attendants around, hand from heaven holds crown above, 60mm, 73.17g (BMC 167; Maz. II, 325; Trésor I, 24.4; Armand II, 279.5; BDM V, 62). Good very fine and attractively patinated, rare (£180-220)
Hammer Price: £180
France, Henri IV, 1606, a large uniface cast bronze medal by G. Dupré, bust in high relief almost full-face, open cloak revealing embroidered doublet, collar and badge of the Order of St Esprit, 100mm, 126.01g (BMC 21; Maz. II, 660; Kress 558; Trésor II, pl.iii, 3). A contemporary cast on a thin flan, the reverse partly hollowed, pierced in field above head, very fine and rare (£150-250)
Hammer Price: £140
France, Henri de Bourbon and Charlotte-Marie de Montmorency, 1611, a cast bronze medal by G. Dupré, his armoured bust right, rev. her bust right in richly embroidered dress, 55mm, 42.05g (Kress 560; Maz. II, 666; Trésor II, pl.viii, 1). Slight unevenness to reverse edge at 8 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, attractively patinated (£150-250)
Hammer Price: £170
France, Louis-Henri I, Duke of Bourbon, as Prince Regent, 1724, a copper medal by J. Duvivier, bust left, rev. allegorical figures of Peace and Plenty, 60mm (BDM VI, 294). Very light rubbing to the high points, about extremely fine, rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £55
France, Cardinal Antoine de Fleury, 1736, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, bust three-quarters left, rev. the attributes of learning, 54mm (BDM I, 516); Execution of Louis XVI, 1793, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler and N.-A. Ponthon, conjoined busts of Louis and Marie Antoinette right, rev. the scene in the Place de la Concorde, the King's head held up to the crowd, 51mm (Pollard 2; BDM III, 239) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine; latter in original case of issue [hinge broken]...
Hammer Price: £110
France, Siège de la Bastille, Paris, 1789, a uniface copper-washed lead cliché of the rev. of the medal by B. Andrieu, view of the siege, 85mm (Hennin 23; BDM I, 53). Very fine; mounted in a contemporary glazed frame with hook on back for suspension (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £50
France, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, 1793, a white metal medal by W. Mainwaring, conjoined busts right, rev. King taking leave of his subjects, the last interview, 37mm (BDM III, 535); together with other miscellaneous French white metal medals (3) and medalets (9, seven in silver) [13]. Very fine and better (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £60
France, Treaty of Amiens, 1802, a bronze medal by R. Jeuffroy, busts of Bonaparte, Cambaceres and Lebrum, rev. legend, 65mm (Br 218); together with miscellaneous British coins and tokens (9) [10]. First almost extremely fine but a later striking, others in varied state (£50-70)
£50–£70
France, The Promotion of Vaccine, 1804, a plated copper medal by B. Andrieu, bust of Napoleon left, rev. Æsculapius protects Venus, 40mm (Br. 400; d’Essling 1056); together with other French medical medals, in silver (5), base metal (3), by Farochon, Dropsy, Denon, Prud’homme, etc [9]. Very fine and better (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £95
France, Baptism of the King of Rome, 1811, a bronze medal by B. Andrieu, laureate head left, rev. Emperor holds infant aloft, 68mm (Br. 1125); The Panckoucke Translations of Latin Authors (1825-36), a bronze medal by J.J. Barre, Philosophy seated, with the winged figures of History and Poetry to either side, rev. names of the authors in three columns, named (Morellet Prof. de Rhét au Collège de Nevers), 68mm [2]. First very fine though of a somewhat later date (but no metal indicated on...
Hammer Price: £30
France, Cholera Epidemic Ended, 1821, a copper medal by R. Gayrard, figures of Religion and Science with patient, rev. legend, 47mm; Netherlands, Cholera Epidemic, Groningen, 1866, a bronze medal by D. van der Kellen, 50mm (Brettauer 1712; BDM III, 135-6); Inauguration of the Statue to Herman Boerhaave at Leyden, 1872, a copper medal by D. van der Kellen and J.I. Straeke, 54mm (Brettauer 138; BDM III, 136 and V, 698); Jozef Haerten, 1873, a bronze medal by J.P.M. Menger, 50mm (Brettauer 443;...
£80–£100
France, Armand Barbès, 1848, a bronze medal by Delarue and Houzelot, bust left, rev. Republican symbol and clasped hands, 32mm. Rim flaws and a light die crack on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, rare (£80-100)
France, Miscellaneous lead clichés (47), mostly of 18th century medals [47]. Many fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £85
Germany, Hope for Peace, Dresden, 1633, a silver medal by S. Dadler, naked man looks heavenward, town and country scenes behind, ravishes of war to left, effects of peace to right, rev. clasped hands over city panorama, crossed spade and sickle in background, 56mm (Wiecek 87). Good very fine and attractively toned, a handsome medal (£300-350)
Hammer Price: £500
Hungary, Death of Count Mittrovsky von Mittrowitz, 1841, a copper medal by J. Schön, bust left, rev. legend listing events in his life within wreath, 50mm (BDM V, 397). Extremely fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £20
India, Victory of Plassy, 1758, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Pingo] for the Society of Arts, Victory seated on elephant, rev. Lord Clive presenting standard to Meer Jaafar, 40mm (Pudd. 757.1; Eimer 30; MI II, 683/400; E 655). Scuffed and lightly cleaned, about very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £130
India, Central Provinces Exhibition, Nagpore, 1865, a bronze medal, unsigned, bust of Sir Richard Temple left, rev. hand holding wreath above 11-line legend, 51mm (Pudd. 865.1; cf. DNW 55, 1640). About extremely fine (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £40
Italy, Maria Magdalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, 1613, a uniface cast lead medal by G. Dupré, bust left, 97mm, 134.56g (cf. BMC 44; Kress 562; Mol. 247; Maz. II, 674). An early, probably contemporary cast, pierced at top, good fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £100
Italy, Marcellus Malpighi, 1693, a copper medal by F. St Urbain, bust left, hair curled, rev. figure of Science reclining on sarcophagus, 36mm (Brettauer 733; BDM V, 312). Obverse a little stained, very fine (£40-60)
£40–£60
Italy, Giovanni Sbaraglia, c. 1700, copper medal by F. de St Urban, bust left, rev. tree with a vine that had been growing in it pulled away, 35mm (Brettauer 1021; Storer 3197; BDM V, 312). About extremely fine, but with minute piercing outside the beaded border (£60-80)
Italy, Giorgio Baglivi, 1704, a copper medal by F. de St Urbain, bust right, rev. symbols of medicine around an urn, 40mm (Brettauer 45; BDM V, 312). Very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £45
Italy, Venice, Ludovico Manin, 1793, a silver medal, unsigned, figure of the Virgin Mary standing on cloud by port, nec nuper defeci above, below z.a.b.[Zan Andrea Bonlini], rev. ludovico manin principis iunus an v 1793, 32mm. Fine (£30-40)
Italy, The Piazza Campidoglio, Rome, 1805, a uniface copper medal by T. Mercandetti, view across the piazza with the statue of Marcus Aurelius and the Palazzo Nuovo, 67mm (Webber 214; Bartolotti, Medaglia 3, 105); Vatican, Pius IX, 1851, a bronze medal by B. Zaccagnini, saint above façade of the Coliseum, rev. hearts and cross over armorial shields, 37mm (Webber 233) [2]. First about extremely fine, second better and patinated (£100-150)
Italy, Tribute to Poets, 1840, a bronze medal by P. Girometti, busts of Petro Metastasio, Ennio Quirino Viscontio and Bartholomaeo Pinellio in separate medallions, rev. legend in 5 lines, 50mm (Johnson 230); Defendente Sacchi and Giuseppe Frank, 1846, a bronze medal by L. Cossa, conjoined busts right, rev. legend in 10 lines, 43mm; Veterans of 1848-49, Conference medal, Naples, by Olivieri, view of the Bay, 37mm; other pieces (5, one in silver) [8]. Mostly very fine (£50-70)
Italy, SARDINIA, the Reforms of 1847, a copper medal by G. Galeazzi, bust of Carlo Alberto right, rev. legend in 7 lines, 51mm; Cesare Saluzzo, 1854, a copper medal by G. Ferraris, bust three-quarters right, bemedalled and with Chain of Order, rev. legend within oak and laurel wreath, 64mm (BDM II, 88); Federico Menabrea, 1861, a copper medal by G. Ferraris, bust left, rev. legend, 48mm; Joseph Meneghini, 1884, a copper medal by L. Gori, bust right, rev. legend, fish-fossil below, 47mm [4]....
£70–£100
Italy: Papal States, Alexander VIII, Ottoboni, 1700, a bronze medal by F. de St Urbain, bust left wearing mozetta, camauro and embroidered stole, rev. elevation of the Pope’s monumental tomb in St Peter’s, figures standing to the right, 65mm (Venuti XXI; Weber, Bauten Roms 361; Lincoln 1512; Ciech. 264; cf. Clifford 211). On a slightly impaired flan, otherwise good very fine (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £75
Netherlands, Victory over the Spanish Fleet on the Slaak by the Dutch Fleet, 1631, a silver medal by J. Loof for the States of Zeeland, detailed plan of the action, legend in 9 lines below, rev. legend in 15 lines, 54mm (MH 527; v.L. II, 194/4; cf. Sotheby Auction, 16 November 2000, lot 336). Cut on obverse rim at 3 o’clock and a small reverse edge bruise at 7 o’clock, otherwise very fine and toned, rare (£300-500)
Hammer Price: £240
Netherlands, Amsterdam Medical College, Toegangspenning or bronze award medal, unsigned, standing figure of Æsculapius, rev. arms of Amsterdam, tablet named (Dr. Corn. Rudolph Theodorus Krayenhoff, 1784), 50mm. Once gilt, very fine (£40-60)
Sweden, Carl Linnæus, a silver medal by D. Fehrman, bust right, rev. three Swedish crowns, 34mm (Klackenberg 2; Brettauer 660); together with other European medals, in silver (2), base metal (13), several related to the Red Cross [16]. First nearly extremely fine, many others very fine or better (£70-90)
Sweden, Gustav Mauritius Armfelt, 1800, a copper medal by A. Guillemard, bust right, rev. olive branch entwined with three wreaths of palm, oak and laurel, 46mm (BDM II, 343); other miscellaneous copper medals (3) [4]. Very fine to extremely fine (£50-70)
Switzerland, Heinrich Locher, 1860, a copper medal by J.F. Aberli, bust right, rev. legend, 45mm (Brettauer 700; BDM I, 12); W.H. Dufour, 1866, a copper medal by J.F.A. Bovy, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 60mm (BDM I, 245) [2]. Good very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £25
Thailand, Chulalongkorn, a bronze medal, bust left wearing uniform, rev. palace, 71mm; together with 18th and 19th century European medals, in silver (7), plated (4) [12]. Mostly very fine or nearly so (£150-200)
Withdrawn
United States of America, Andrew Jackson Inaugurated President for a Second Term, 1833, a silver medalet, bust left, rev. legend, 18mm. Good fine (£20-30)
West Indies, Compagnie des Indes, 1733, a bronze medal by J.-C. Roettiers, bust of Louis XV right, rev. legend above crossed caduceus and cornucopia, 58mm (Betts 168); United States of America, Successes of 1759, a bronze medal, unsigned, laureate bust of George II left, rev. arms and supporters, battle names around, 42mm (Betts 418; MI II, 708/444); Battle of Cowpens, 1781, an electrotype of the rev. of the medal by G. Dupré, General Morgan on horseback leading troops into battle, 55mm...
Hammer Price: £190
Miscellaneous, Germany, Siam, Switzerland, etc, medals in silver (7), base metal (5) [12]. Several very fine (£100-120)
£100–£120
Argentina, Opening of the Port of the River Plate to World Commerce, 1890, a plated bronze medal by Podesta, naval and cargo ships in the estuary, anchor, bullock and sheep on bank in foreground, rising sun behind, rev. legend in wreath, 56mm; together with other miscellaneous silver medals (3) [4]. Very fine and better (£30-50)
Argentina, Centenary of the Birth of Ireneo Portera, 1902, a bronze medal by J. Gottuzzo, bust facing, rev. legend in 11 lines, 52mm; England, Röntgen Society, Mackenzie Davidson Medal, 1919, a bronze award by Vaughton, bust left, rev. legend, edge named (G. Shearer, MA, D Sc, December 7th 1938), 57mm; Finland, Centenary of the Birth of Fredrik Rosenlew, 1931, a bronze medal by F. Nylund, bust right, rev. artisan with saw and log, 68mm; France, Raymond-Jacques Sabouraud, 1929, a bronze...
Australia, Riverina Pastoral Society, c.1870, a silver award medal by J. Hogarth for G. Crisp, ram standing right, rev. wreath, named (1st Prize to Saml. Wilson, Two Ewes with lambs at foot, Jerilderie, 1871), 45mm (cf. DNW 58, 1433). Scratch in centre of reverse and some minor rim knocks, otherwise very fine (£150-180)
Hammer Price: £330
Australia, Wimmera District Pastoral & Agricultural Society, c.1870, a silver award medal by J. Hogarth for G. Crisp, farm animals and farming implements, rev. wreath, named (First Prize, Two Merino Rams, two toothed, S. Wilson, 1871), 45mm (cf. DNW 58, 1434). Light marks, good very fine, olive tone, rare (£150-180)
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