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13–15 September 2017
BEDFORDSHIRE, Kempston, Bedford County School, Ampthill Road, c. 1875, a silver medal, unsigned, shield of arms on latticework background, rev. legend in and around wreath, 48mm, 60.75g. Virtually as struck, toned £60-80
Hammer Price: £75
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Chancellor’s Prize Medal of Henry, Duke of Grafton, 1768, a silver award by J. Kirk, laureate and armoured bust of George III right, rev. draped female figure with lyre crowning student with a wreath, cherub above, un-named, 53mm, 57.88g (BHM 112; E 728). Virtually as struck, attractively toned, very rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £1,200
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge, Christ’s College, Beilby Porteus Medal, 1808, a gilt-bronze striking of the gold award by J. Phillp, laureate bust of George III left, rev. façade of the College with main gateway, edge a continuous line of leaves, 49mm, 55.99g (BHM 632; Taylor 29c; E 991). Trifling obverse rim nick at 2 o’clock, otherwise brilliant mint state £100-150
Hammer Price: £400
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge, Marquis of Camden as Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1835, a silver medal by the Soho Mint for J. Peters, bust right, rev. frontal elevation of the Senate House, arms above, 44mm, 41.38g (BHM 1685; Taylor 45a; E 1282). Brilliant mint state, toned; in original red fitted case of issue by Jas. Peters, Goldsmith & Jeweller, St Mary’s Street, Cambridge, lid gilt-blocked ‘Installation Medal’ £90-120
Hammer Price: £220
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge, Duke of Northumberland as Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1842, a silver medal by the Soho Mint for J. Peters, bust right, rev. frontal elevation of the Senate House, arms above, 44mm, 39.72g (BHM 2055; Taylor 45b). Brilliant mint state, toned; in original red fitted case of issue by Jas. Peters, Goldsmith & Jeweller, St Mary’s Street, Cambridge, lid gilt-blocked ‘Installation Medal’ £90-120
Hammer Price: £260
ESSEX, Bocking, Bocking Academy, an oval engraved silver award for Penmanship by T. James, legend both sides, Decr. 25th 1811, un-named, hallmarked London 1811, 52 x 39mm, 9.01g. Very fine and toned, extremely rare; with loop for suspension £90-120
Hammer Price: £160
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Almon[d]sbury, Belmont School, an oval engraved silver Prize for Music, legend, rev. named (Miss S. Kater, 1808), 42 x 32mm, 14.66g. Very fine, rare; with loop and ring for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £240
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Alveston, Alveston Academy, an engraved silver First Prize for Elocution, unsigned, legend both sides, named (John E. Martin), maker’s stamp indistinct, hallmarked Exeter 1841 [or 1843], 46mm, 11.93g. Good very fine and toned, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Mrs Reed’s Establishment, Oxford Court, an engraved silver award by W. Knight or W. King, legend ending Decr. 19th 1823, rev. named (A tribute for distinguished Merit to Ann Smith), hallmarked London 1823, 37mm, 8.46g. Brilliant mint state, toned; with clip and ring for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Mr Hewlett’s Academy, Bedford House, Coronation Road, an octagonal engraved silver Reward of Merit, legend, rev. named (Master F.J. Bligh, Christmas 1834), 46mm, 9.71g (D & W 213/95-7). About extremely fine; with loop for suspension £70-90
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Knoll School, Redland, Athletic Sports, 1866, an engraved gold medal, unsigned, legend, rev. named (Flat Race, One Mile, First Prize, First Division, W.K. Edden), 31mm, 2.53g. Very fine; pierced for suspension £70-90
Hammer Price: £90
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Bristol Grammar School, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms of Robert Thorne, rev. legend in wreath, un-named, 43mm, 38.43g (D & W 213/98); City of Bristol, a uniface silver award medal, unsigned, arms and supporters, back inscribed (It is not the hours you put in that count, but what you put into the hours), 32mm, 13.96g; Bristol Education Committee, Regular Attendance & Satisfactory Conduct silver award medals by Vaughton (2), arms and supporters, revs. legend...
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Clifton College, silver award medals by Pinches (2), motto above shield, wreath around, rev. discus thrower, named (F.T. Henlé, July 1891), 44mm, 36.42g (MJP p.32 for rev.), and motto below shield upon a scroll tablet, wreath around, rev. similar, named (J. Pears, 1905), 44mm, 46.83g (MJP p.32) [2]. First very fine, second virtually as struck £60-80
Hammer Price: £85
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Proprietary College, 1843, a white metal medal by Ottley, frontal elevation of the College, rev. crown and sceptre resting on bible, 53mm, 52.16g (Taylor 140a; D & W 217/116); Cheltenham College, a silver award medal by J. Moore for Martin & Co, Cheltenham, corner view of the College elevation, rev. wreath, named (Classical & Modern Sides Mathematical, Silver Medallist, 1911, G.G. Crocker), 44mm, 46.80g (Taylor 140b) [2]. First about extremely fine,...
Hammer Price: £110
HAMPSHIRE, Bournemouth, St Margaret’s Hall, Reward of Superior Merit, a silver award medal by J. Moore, Diligentia seated right, rev. legend in and around wreath, hallmarked Birmingham 1885, 45mm, 45.88g. Extremely fine and toned, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £140
KENT, Brompton, Mrs Harding’s Boarding School, 1791, an engraved silver Fourth Prize Medal, unsigned, legend both sides, rev. engraved P.S. [initials of the recipient], 33mm, 8.13g (Grimshaw 1985, p.4, this piece listed; cf. MG 930-2). Very fine; pierced for suspension £70-90
KENT, Canterbury, The Clergy Orphan Corporation School for Boys, St Thomas’s Mount, George Musgrave Prize, silver award medals by J.S. & A.B. Wyon (2), Latin legends both sides, named (E.H. Bleasdell, 1903; Sidneius L.B. Stoddart), both 51mm, 58.76g, 59.90g; Simon Langton Schools, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (R.F. Allen, 1926), 51mm, 60.96g [3]. Last mint state and toned, in red fitted case of issue, others extremely fine but second with obverse edge knock at 6...
KENT, Chislehurst, Chiselhurst (sic) National School, 1836, a copper award medal by J. Barber, frontal elevation of school, church at left, rev. legend in four lines, 39mm, 26.68g. Extremely fine, rare; in maroon case of issue £30-40
Hammer Price: £45
LANCASHIRE, Ardwick, École d’Ardwick, 1790, an engraved silver Gage de Mérite pour L’Écriture, unsigned, legend, named (Jean Panter), rev. that the fair art of penmanship may thrive let youths with arduous emulation strive around date in centre, decorative border, 42mm, 25.04g (cf. DNW 127, 2705). Extremely fine and most attractive, very rare; with loop for suspension £120-150
Hammer Price: £360
LANCASHIRE, Clitheroe, Stonyhurst College, silver medals (2), by T. Halliday, elevation of gateway, rev. legend in wreath, 45mm, 30.75g (Taylor 33a and 33b, obv.; D & W 274/532); unsigned, St Aloysius in blessing, rev. frontal elevation of the College, 45mm, 48.20g (Taylor 33c, rev.) [2]. Virtually as struck with matching deep tone; latter in black fitted case of issue gilt-embossed (Imper. Rom. Lower Figures, J. Bennett, 1914) £100-150
Hammer Price: £280
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Brackley, Brackley [House] Academy, an engraved silver Reward of Industry medal, unsigned [maker’s imitials perhaps w.h.], legend, rev. beehive and bees, named (Charles Smith), hallmarked London 1834, 41mm, 8.53g. Extremely fine and toned, very rare; with clip and ring for suspension £100-150
Hammer Price: £340
OXFORDSHIRE, Banbury, Miss Salter’s Ladies Establishment, Reward of Merit, 1836, an engraved silver medalet, legend both sides, named (Miss E. Milward), 23mm, 6.96g. Very fine, rare; pierced, with clip and ring for suspension £40-60
SOMERSET, Bath, Bath School, an engraved silver Reward for Industry and Merit medal, unsigned, legend, rev. named (John Burgess), 33mm, 11.19g; Mr Fraser’s School, a silver award medal by E. Avern, charioteer in biga right, rev. legend around wreath, named (Martinus Bowie, Xmas 1829), 38mm, 31.35g (D & W 205/29; MG 927) [2]. About very fine and better, first toned, both rare; first with suspension loop, second with clip and ring for suspension £80-100
SOMERSET, Bath, The Bath Humane Society, an engraved silver Life Saving medal by C. Reily and G. Storer, crest of a nag’s head in coronet and mural crown, hoc pretium cive servato, named (T.E.M. Marsh, Ætatis xvi), rev. socs. bath in resuscitat inter mortuorum around date vii aug mdcccxxxiv, hallmarked London 1834, 48mm, 22.34g. Very fine and toned, very rare and worthy of further research; with suspension loop £150-200
SOMERSET, Bath, Prior Park College, c. 1835, a silver award medal by T. Halliday, palladian façade of the School, rev. St Peter and St Paul, armorial shield in centre, 51mm, 68.42g (Taylor 47a; cf. DNW M13, 1237). Minor obverse edge nicks, otherwise very fine; double-pierced for suspension £50-70
Hammer Price: £550
SOMERSET, Bath, Grosvenor College, a silver award medal, unsigned, frontal elevation of the College, rev. wreath, named (A. Hill 2nd Prize June 1838), 33mm, 15.15g. About extremely fine, toned; with clip and ring for suspension £50-70
SOMERSET, Bath, Bluecoat School, The Brodrick Medal, 1854, silver awards by Allen & Moore (2), draped bust of Robert Nelson three-quarters left, revs. legend, edges named (Henry Smith, 1859; Emily Ann Hodges), hallmarked Birmingham 1859 and 1886, both 45mm, 39.64g, 47.45g (D & W 204/23) [2]. Extremely fine and better, toned; with clips and rings for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £100
SOMERSET, Bath, Bluecoat School, The Brodrick Medal, 1854, a silver award by Allen & Moore, bust of Edward VI almost full-face, wearing cap and decorations, rev. schoolmaster seated left, attended by four scholars, edge named (John Collins Odgers, A.S. mdccclxiv), 58mm, 80.29g (D & W 204/25). Brilliant mint state £80-100
SOMERSET, Bath, Kingswood School, The Welsh Medal, 1865, a silver award, unsigned, bust of William Evans three-quarters right, rev. legend around wreath, named (A.C. Dixon, 1880), 41mm, 49.98g. Virtually as struck and toned, rare £70-90
SURREY, Cobham, The Gordon Boys’ Home, a silver award medal for Exemplary Conduct, unsigned, crest, school name and motto in quadrilobe, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (3043 Col. Sgt J.L. Ashmore), 38mm, 37.57g (cf. DNW 52, 701). Extremely fine, toned; with swivel suspension, original ribbon and buckle clasp £40-50
Hammer Price: £80
SUSSEX, Brighton, Miss Gill’s School, Brunswick Square, a silver Prize of Honor medal after Ottley by G.W. Adams for Chawner & Co, legend in wreath, rev. legend, named (Miss E. Wilson, Christmas 1858), hallmarked London 1858, 51mm, 44.76g. Extremely fine and attractively toned £80-100
Hammer Price: £95
SUSSEX, Brighton, Brighton Proprietary School, 1836, Præpositors Prize (Instituted 1850), a silver award medal, unsigned, kneeling robed female, rev. names of educational subjects, named (James W. Brand, Xmas 1864), 44mm, 43.90g (cf. DNW M1, 1366); Brighton School of Science & Art, Ashbury Medal, a silver award by Hancocks & Co, arms above wreath, named (Awarded to Miss E.F. Pocock for Best Set of Science Lecture Notes, 1878), rev. implements of art and industry in trilobe, 52mm, 60.01g...
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Hazelwood School, Edgbaston, silver award medals (2), unsigned, 1822, frontal elevation of the School, rev. scroll, named (Hor. Smith, February 1826); 1826, similar, named (S. Hodgson), both 27mm, 9.19g, 9.10g (D & W 208/53, 208/55) [2]. First very fine, second nearly so, both toned; pierced for suspension, latter with loop £40-60
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Blue Coat Charity School, Centenary, 1824, a frosted and glazed silver award medal by Ottley, side elevation of the School, rev. for the education and support of boys and girls parishioners of birmingham…thomas mole chairman, in 17 lines, rim named (Presented by the Committee to Henry Jones, Master), 48mm, 63.24g (Taylor 57a; D & W 205/33); Monitor’s medal, a uniface copper award, unsigned, monitor between scrolled ornaments, un-named, 47mm, 41.00g (D & W...
Hammer Price: £170
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, The Free Grammar School, 1836, a white metal medal by C.F. Carter for J. Davis, frontal elevation of the School, rev. student seated at table in library, 51mm, 47.27g (BHM 1710); Royal College, Linnean Medal for Botany, a silver award by E.J. Dubois, bust of Charles Linnæus left, rev. legend in wreath, named (J.M. Bright, Hoc Præmio Donavit G.B. Knowles, F.R.C.S., Prælect. Bot. Coll. Reg. Birm. 1854), 40mm, 37.51g; Severn Street and Priory First Day Adult...
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Birmingham University, Queen’s College, Warneford Medal, 1844, a silver-gilt striking of the gold award, unsigned, bust of Samuel Warneford right, rev. altar, inscribed with dedication, within wreath, un-named, 45mm, 43.77g. Minor marks, otherwise good very fine, rare £50-70
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Icknield Street Board School, Edward Fordham Flower Prize, a silver Prize for Kindness to Animals, unsigned, legend in wreath both sides, named (Stephen Harry Ford, 1889), 64mm, 97.27g. Good very fine, toned £60-80
YORKSHIRE, Bradford, Bradford Technical College and the Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, 1882, a silver medal by Fattorini, façade of the College, rev. seated robed figure of Knowledge holding lamp, attended by male and female artisans, 45mm, 47.16g (BHM 3125; Taylor 201a; Allen Pt I). Virtually as struck and attractively toned, very rare in silver £70-90
Hammer Price: £130
YORKSHIRE, Wetherby, Bramham Lodge Academy, a silver award medal for the Greatest Improvement, unsigned, prb monogram, rev. legend in wreath, un-named, 41mm, 26.37g. Very fine and toned, very rare £80-100
12–14 December 2017
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Eton, Eton College, Duke of Newcastle Medal, 1833, a copper specimen medal by W. Wyon, bust of Henry Pelham right, rev. legend in wreath, edge un-named, 36mm, 27.58g (BHM 1646; MJP p.39; cf. DNW M7, 2231); Earl of Strafford Prize for Shakespeare, 1881, a copper specimen medal, unsigned [by L.C. Wyon], bust of William Shakespeare three-quarters left, rev. legend in and around a border of stars, 44mm, 34.76g (MJP p.39; cf. Bonhams 13.xii.2012, 536) [2]. Extremely fine and...
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