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12–14 December 2017
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, an engraved silver-gilt Governors’ award medal by J. Reily, named (Hy. Alexr. Ince), rev. legend (The First Proficient in Writing, 28 May 1824), hallmarked London 1824, 40mm, 9.44g (Grimshaw p.14, 31; cf. DNW M10, 1351). Very fine, rare; in contemporary [non-original] brown case £120-150
£120–£150
MIDDLESEX, Chiswick, Chiswick Collegiate Schools, a silver award medal by S. Blanckensee & Son, shield in ovoid cartouche, back un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1900, 32mm, 15.73g. Good very fine; with clip, ring and silver suspender, original maroon ribbon £20-30
Hammer Price: £15
LANCASHIRE, Leyland, Golden Hill School, a silver medal for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, 1887, by W.H. Watts, names of the founder and current Master and Mistress, rev. names of the eight trustees, 44mm, 38.00g (W & E p.100 [not seen]). Matt surfaces, extremely fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £30
LEICESTERSHIRE, Loughborough, Loughborough College, award medals by A.C. Clark Co (2), in silver and bronze, arms and crest, revs. scrolled tablet, engraved (A.C. 1935, 220 Yards, Winner, A.J. Douglas; A.C. 1935, Putting the Weight, Second, A.J. Douglas), former hallmarked Birmingham 1935, both 38mm, 27.06g, 25.59g; WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Deritend & Bordesley Sunday Schools, a brass Merit award medal, unsigned, elevation of a church, rev. legend, 38mm, 19.08g (cf. D & W 207/39); Coventry,...
LONDON, Bishopsgate, St Botolph’s Church, Sir Paul Pindar, 1756, an openwork uniface brass badge, crude facing bust, 34mm, 12.51g. Fine, very rare; worthy of further research £50-80
SURREY, Croydon, Whitgift Middle School, a bronze award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (C.H. Kippen, 100 Yards, 10-11 1921), 45mm, 35.05g; Selhurst Grammar School, a silver award medal by Fattorini, arms, back engraved (S.C. Back Race), hallmarked Birmingham 1934, 26mm, 8.06g; Tulse Hill, Strand School, a bronze award medal, frontal elevation of the School, rev. legend, un-named, 29mm, 12.08g [3]. Very fine to extremely fine; last two with clips and rings for suspension £30-50
Hammer Price: £35
CHESHIRE, West Kirby, Braeside Preparatory School, a silver Winning House award medalet, unsigned [by Vaughton], legend above tablet engraved 1922, rev. legend, un-named, 23mm, 7.25g; LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Collegiate Institution, Everton, silver Prize Medals by and after T. Ottley (2), elevation of the Institution, revs. shield in Garter, bishop’s mitre above, engraved (Penmanship; Freehand Drawing), different dies [second after T. Ottley], both un-named, 31mm, 14.72g, 13.36g (Taylor...
Hammer Price: £45
MIDDLESEX, [New] Hampton, Ashleigh House School for Young Ladies, a silver award medal, unsigned, legend (From the Reverend Alex. J.D. D’Orsey, B.D. Camb. K.C.C., Professor K.C.L.), rev. wreath, named (To Mary M. Fagan, for History, Composition, Elocution & Astronomy…1885), 45mm, 30.84g. Extremely fine and toned, very rare £60-80
13–15 September 2017
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
KENT, Ashford, Powers Commercial Academy, an engraved silver Reward for Best Spelling, 4th Class, unsigned, legend both sides, 26mm, 3.64g; Dover, James Temple, Cliff House School, St Margaret’s, brass Pennies (2, varieties), brass Halfpence (3, two varieties, one a duplicate), all façade of building, revs. legend around value, all 24mm, 5.05g, 3.59g, 5.25g, 5.03g, 4.80g (D & W 271/507-9; cf. DNW 134, 338) [6]. First extremely fine and toned, with clip and ring for suspension, others...
Hammer Price: £50
LONDON, Bishopsgate, Foundation Stone of Bishopsgate Institute Laid, 1893, a silver medal by R. Neal, elevation of entrance gate tower, rev. legend, 39mm, 35.66g (Taylor 224a; Hawkins p.675). Extremely fine and attractively toned £40-60
SUFFOLK, Framlingham, Framlingham College, an oval silver Goldsmith Medal, 1867, unsigned, façade of the College, rev. crest and motto above date, 28 x 22mm, 10.35g (cf. DNW 28, 812). Extremely fine and toned, rare; in maroon fitted case of issue by J. Henry Watherston, Jeweller, Goldsmith & Silversmith, 42 Old Bond St, London W £60-80
YORKSHIRE, Doncaster, Thorne Grammar School, an engraved silver award medal by C. Boyton II, legend (1st Prize Xmas 1878, the Gift of Mr. Wm. Rollett Sent.), rev. un-named, hallmarked London 1878, 50mm, 25.92g. About extremely fine; with scroll border, clip and ring for suspension £60-80
LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, St James’s School, 1840, a silver engraved award medal, unsigned, legend, rev. named (To Mr John Steven, For Improvement in Arithmetic), 36mm, 10.11g. Tiny rim nick on obverse at 4 o’clock, otherwise good very fine and toned, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
ISLE OF LEWIS, Stornoway, Free Church School, an engraved silver Dux’s Medal, Session 1870-71, unsigned, legend, rev. named (Awarded to George Stephen, March 1871), 38mm, 4.87g. Very fine and very rare £60-80
LANCASHIRE, Oldham, Highfield Academy, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, legend, rev. named (Highest Prize Presented to Miss S.H. Wallwork by W.S. Binns, Principal, June 19 1873), 53mm, 46.95g. Good very fine, toned; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
Hammer Price: £55
SURREY, Guildford, Royal Grammar School, Merriman Memorial Medal, a white metal award by W.O. Lewis, bust of Revd. H.G. Merriman half-left, rev. cruciform shields, un-named, 70mm, 94.86g (cf. DNW M12, 246); SUSSEX, Lancing, Lancing College, Athletic Sports, a silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, arms, rev. wreath, named (F.W.K. Hanson, 2nd, Open 100 Yards, 1934), hallmarked Birmingham 1933, 38mm, 29.84g [2]. First with some surface spotting, otherwise very fine £40-50
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Eton, Eton College, Fencing Prize, an artist’s proof in white metal for a medal by F. Bowcher, arms over crossed foils, rev. classically draped students pay homage to seated female, indication of award details inked in (First Prize, 1920, Name), 63mm, 112.01g; Henry VI Prize, a silver medal by J. Pinches for Johnson Walker & Tolhurst, statue of Henry VI dividing two shields of arms, rev. representation of the coronation of the Virgin from the College seal, plinth engraved...
Hammer Price: £60
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Amicable Society of Blues, an oval silver-gilt award badge, signed I.A., bust of Edward VI three-quarters left on stippled background, rev. old man seated left, attended by his three sons, all in classical attire, exergue named (Ernest Charles Laney 1924, President 1937), 60 x 43mm, 49.06g (MI I, 62/18; cf. W 2109; cf. D & W 151/387). Good very fine; scrolled suspender, original blue ribbon and clips for wearing £70-90
YORKSHIRE, Aberford, Filbert Grove Academy, a silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, legend around wreath, centre engraved (J.H., Aged 14, 1807), rev. legend below bee-hive, 35mm, 18.22g. About very fine, extremely rare; pierced for suspension and worthy of further research £80-100
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, King Edward’s Grammar School, a silver award medal, unsigned, bust of Edward VI three-quarters right, in cap and robes, rev. wreath, named (Won by J.W. Moore for 1 Mile Race, Birmingham June 1870), 37mm, 27.99g; a silver award badge, unsigned, similar, back named (1885, 10 Lengths, J.A. Berlyn, 1st Prize), 38mm, 16.77g [2]. Extremely fine, toned; first with clip and ring for suspension, second with original ribbon and silver suspender bar £50-70
Hammer Price: £65
WARWICKSHIRE, Leamington Spa, Leamington College, The Beaumont Medal for Literature, Science and Art, a silver award, unsigned, castellated tower over shield of arms, rev. central quadrilobe, named (H.G. Maud, July 1884), 58mm, 80.96g. Very fine £50-70
SCOTLAND, Uncertain location, an engraved silver award medal, uncertain maker’s mark, (Alexr. Adams, Teacher), rev. named (T. Brown, Dux, 1st Reading Class, 1839), Edinburgh hallmarks, 37mm, 9.55g. Very fine, research potential; scroll border, clip and ring for suspension £50-70
13 & 14 March 2018
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, an engraved silver-gilt Governors’ award medal by C. Rawlings and W. Summers, named (Henry Ludlow), rev. legend (The Second Proficient in Arithmetic, 20 May 1847), 36mm, 9.87g (Grimshaw p.14, 31; cf. DNW 143, 41). About extremely fine £70-90
HERTFORDSHIRE, Old Hall Green [Ware], St Edmund’s College, silver medals by P. Wyon for H. & L., façade of the College, revs. allegorical figures of Learning and Religion standing in front of the College buildings, both 52mm, 54.61g, 48.82g (BHM 602; Taylor 60a) [2]. First about very fine, second about extremely fine; both with small piercings for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
LINCOLNSHIRE, Gainsborough, Gainsborough Academy, 1800, an engraved silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, legend (Monthly Preceptor No. 7), rev. named (Henry Smith of Gainsborough Academy, Aged 14, AD 1800), 34mm, 6.41g. Very fine and toned, very rare, the date seemingly added later; pierced for suspension, with ring and original faded ribbon £80-100
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, South Corporation School, a silver award medal, unsigned, student seated at desk, rev. engraved (Presented by John Farnworth Esq, Mayor of Liverpool, To Lewis Smith For Good Conduct, Punctuality & Cleanliness, 18 June 1866), 44mm, 31.46g. Extremely fine, obverse dark-toned, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £75
MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Burgh School of Canongate, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, named (Presented by Jas. Lewis Esqr to John Lindsay for Good Scholarship), rev. (29th July 1858, J. Stormonth, Head Master), stamped rt, 51mm, 32.97g. Some discolouration, otherwise very fine; with thistle suspender and ring £60-80
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
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
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Circus Street School, 1816, an engraved silver Class of Honour star, unsigned, outer legend (Judge not my value from intrinsic worth – But from the motives which have given me birth) around (Presented 2nd January 1816 by C.S.S.C.H. in token of their Gratitude for his unremitted attention to their welfare), rev. named (To Mr B. Baldwin 13 Years Master of Circus Street Free School…one of the first promoters of the Class of Honour attached to it, 23rd Octr. 1806),...
Hammer Price: £80
LONDON, The Strand, Royal Society of Arts, Honorary Pallet, an oval copper specimen award, unsigned, legend in wreath, rev. scroll and brushes, un-named, 55 x 43mm, 49.48g (D & W 148/361; cf. Baldwin 81, 3245). Extremely fine, an original striking, un-pierced, rare £100-150
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Hazelwood School, Edgbaston, brass medalets (3), 1822 (2), 1826, all unsigned, façade of building, revs. central tablet, one engraved 79, all 25mm, 6.47g, 6.97g, 7.25g (D & W 208/54, 55 var); copper 1,000 Point medalets (3), all 1822, similar, revs. 1,000 above scroll, engraved 88, 100 and 327, all 25mm, 6.44g, 6.46g, 6.20g (D & W 208/52); together with other minor Merit medalets (10), mostly brass and c. 12-14mm, all different (D & W 208/59, 208/60, 209/61 and...
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
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, an engraved silver-gilt Governors’ award medal, unsigned, named (G.J. Butler), rev. legend (The Second Proficient in Writing, 26 Novr. 1823), 34mm, 5.85g (Grimshaw p.14, 31; cf. DNW 143, 41). Very fine £60-80
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Liverpool Corporation North School, a plain silver award for Punctuality and Diligence, unsigned, applied liver bird, engraved (Decr XXII mdccclxii), rev. wreath, named (Presented by R.C. Gardner Esqre Mayor, to John Taylor), 46mm, 45.90g. About extremely fine and toned, rare; with straight swivel bar suspension and original maroon ribbon £70-90
Hammer Price: £85
Lincolnshire, Louth (and elsewhere), Society of Industry, 1783, a silver award medal by J. Milton, robed figures of Peace and Plenty, beehive in background, rev. legend, named (Lord Brownlow, Benefactor), 35mm, 21.36g (Stainton 1; W 2353; D & W 137/286; cf. DNW T6, 603). Very fine; with flat loop for suspension £100-150
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
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Circus Street School, 1806, an engraved silver Class of Honour star, unsigned, outer legend (Honour & Shame from no condition rises – Act well your part there all the honour lies), rev. named (No. 4, Jane Christian, admitted an Established Member after Seven Years’ Exemplary Conduct), 60mm, 12.87g. Very fine and very rare; with ring for suspension £90-120
Hammer Price: £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
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