Historical and Art Medals

Opening of Armagh Library, 1771, a copper medal by J. Kirk, draped bust of Baron Rokeby right, rev. frontal elevation of the library, 37mm (BHM 157; E 741); George IV, Visit to Ireland, 1821, a white metal medal, unsigned [perhaps by J.G. Hancock], 34mm (BHM 1117; E 1149); Visit of Queen Victoria to Ireland, 1849, white metal medals (2), by Allen & Moore, 38mm (BHM 2327), and by I. Parkes, 44mm (BHM 2331); Dublin Industrial Exhibition, 1853, a white metal medal, unsigned, advertising the wares of Gardner & Co, gold and silversmiths, 111 Grafton Street, 44mm [5]. Third and last extremely fine, others fine, second pierced (£80-100)