Special Collections

Sold on 19 June 2002

1 part

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The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Commemorative Medals

Peter Preston-Morley

Lot

№ 677

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19 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£35

Victoria (1837-1901), Golden Jubilee and Reception at Slough, 1887, a white metal medal, unsigned, small coronetted and veiled bust left, rev. Royal arms, legend around, 33mm (BHM –; Whittlestone & Ewing 2620B); Slough [Pigeon] Fanciers Association, a bronze award medal by T. Ottley, pigeon standing on roof of a house, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to Miss Jay’s Black Fantail Pigeon, 1893), 39mm; Slough Harriers, a silver and green enamel medal by J. Daffern & Co, swan chained, rev. wreath, named (S.C.C.C.C. ‘07, A. Stevens, 6th, hallmarked m&b Birmingham 1906), 29mm [3]. First two about very fine, last fine; first pierced and with clip and crown pin for suspension (£25-35)

Provenance:
1887 Sotheby Auction, 20 March 1986, lot 218 (part).
1893 bt R. Hayes September 1995.
1907 gift of J.-F. Loez, November 2000.

Sold with a photocopied page from Maxwell Fraser’s
The History of Slough, showing photographs taken of the arches on Arbour Hill and Mackenzie Street decorated for the Jubilee and the visit of the Queen on 22 June 1887