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Clubs and Societies, London, Middle Temple, 1807, a silver medal, unsigned, half-length figure of a woman, a finger pressed to her lips, looks up at a rose which she indicates with her finger, rev. arms of the Middle Temple, 29mm (MG 1089). Rim faults, about very fine, toned (£50-70)

Occasionally held to have a masonic or ‘secret society’ connection, this piece has long been a source of bafflement