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13–15 September 2017
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
12–14 December 2017
CORNWALL, Helston, Death of Sir Isaac Newton, 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, draped bust left, rev. Science holding a plan of the solar system, edge impressed prize medal for helston school 1785, 52mm, 57.06g (D & W 233/243, this piece; MI II, 469/83; E 504). Brilliant mint state, attractively toned, extremely rare as a prize medal £400-500
Hammer Price: £900
LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Mathematical School, 1673, a silver medal by J. Roettier, double defined image, a pentagono ad lineam rectam introrsvm pro qvadrato, rev. a qvadrato ad lineam rectam exreosvm, single defined image, 56mm, 45.51g (MI I, 559/222). A trifling graze in upper obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, an extremely rare mule of two reverses £600-800
Hammer Price: £800
HERTFORDSHIRE, Hertford, East India College [Haileybury College], c. 1809, a specimen copper Arabic Prize medal, unsigned [by C.H. Küchler], arms of the East India Co with supporters, rev. legend in Arabic, 37mm, 26.96g (Pudd. 948.1.1; Pollard 31; cf. DNW 136, 1515). Extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £600
LONDON, Aldersgate, Aldersgate School of Medicine, silver award medals by T. Halliday (2), both Session 1842-3, legend (…Presented by Mr Holthouse; …Practice of Surgery), revs. wreath, named (1st Prize in Practical Anatomy Awarded to Mr S. Bowden, Plymouth…; Presented by F.C. Skey, Esq, F.R.S., to Mr S. Bowden, Plymouth), both 51mm, 45.38g, 45.67g [2]. About extremely fine, toned £80-100
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
13 & 14 March 2018
LONDON, Bishopsgate, Mr Cutler’s Academy, engraved silver award medals by J. Harris IV (3), legend (Mr Cutler’s Academy, Devonshire Street, Bishopsgate), revs. named (Jas. Nutt, Prize for History, Midsummer 1827; James Nutt, Geographical Prize, Midsummer 1828; James Nutt, Reading Prize, Midsummer 1829), hallmarked London 1827, 1828, 1829, 42, 42 and 40mm, 15.22g, 15.13g, 15.47g (Grimshaw p.28; D & W 240/291) [3]. About very fine and better; pierced and with rings for suspension £400-500
Hammer Price: £480
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
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
LONDON, Bishopsgate, J. Cutler’s Academy, an engraved silver award medal for Orthography by J. Jackson, floral ornaments, legend around, rev. wreath, named (Jno. W. Winter, Midsummer, AD 1812), hallmarked London 1812, 35mm, 10.26g (Grimshaw p.28). Good very fine; pierced for suspension £200-260
LONDON, Bishopsgate, J. Cutler’s Academy, an engraved silver Prize Medal for Arithmetic by J. Jackson, legend, rev. legend (From Numbers’ Aid and Art Never will Fame depart), named (G. Dudley, Christmas AD 1817), hallmarked London 1817, 45mm, 22.48g (Grimshaw p.28; D & W 241/292, this piece). Good very fine, rare; pierced for suspension £200-260
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, engraved silver buttons for Proficiency in Arithmetic (2), by Mary Hyde and J. Reily, un-named, dated (30 Sept. 1800), hallmarked London 1800, 34mm, 5.79g; and by J. Reily, un-named, dated (18th March 1801), hallmarked London 1800, 34mm, 4.56g (Grimshaw pp.13-14, nos. 29-30) [2]. Second with scratch on reverse, otherwise very fine and toned; with loops for suspension on the backs £240-300
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, an engraved silver-gilt Governors’ award medal by C. Reily and G. Storer, named (Chas. B. Kew), rev. legend (The first Proficient in Drawing, 22 May 1835), 42mm, 10.08g (Grimshaw p.14, 31; cf. DNW 143, 41). About extremely fine, scarce £100-150
Hammer Price: £380
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...
Hammer Price: £360
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
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
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
LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Mathematical School, 1673, a silver medal by J. Roettier, double defined image, a pentagono ad lineam rectam introrsvm pro qvadrato, rev. a qvadrato ad lineam rectam exreosvm, single defined image, 56mm, 68.31g (MI I, 559/222; cf. DNW 143, 37). Some scuffing, otherwise very fine and toned, an extremely rare mule of two reverses £300-360
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Pitt Club, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, bust of William Pitt the Younger right, rev. wreath, named (F.B. Taylor, Pitt Club Exhibitioner, from Christ’s Hospital, 1870), 45mm, 56.09g. Frosted surfaces, mint state, a little peripheral toning, rare; set in glazed lunettes with silver rim, in which the medal has turned, clip and ring for suspension £120-150
Hammer Price: £320
LONDON, Queen Victoria Street, City of London School, Arithmetical Prize, 1845, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, frontal elevation of the school building [from the 1834 Foundation medal], rev. arms of Warren Stormes Hale, 58mm, 74.57g (BHM 1680 obv.; E 1279 obv.; Taylor 120a obv.; D & W 245/328 obv.). Small obverse rim bruise at 10 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £50-70
YORKSHIRE, Leeds, University of Leeds, John Hunter Medal (Est. 1831), a silver award by B. Wyon, bust right, rev. legend around wreath, chemia in centre, edge named (Edwardus Joy in Chemia Præstans, A.D. 1840), 51mm, 59.46g (D & W 238/277 obv.; cf. DNW M7, 2099). About extremely fine, grey tone, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £300
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, King William’s College, silver award medals by Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst (3), College arms, revs. wreath, named (Quarter [Mile], 57.2 Sec., H.W. Gregg, 1925; Sen. Cross Country, H.W. Gregg, 1925; 1926 Mile Open, 4M 49 Sec., H.W. Gregg), all hallmarked Birmingham 1926, 38mm, 23.18g, 23.26g, 23.16g [3]. Very fine and better, but remains of adhesive labels on reverses £100-150
LONDON, Bishopsgate, J. Cutler, Master, an engraved silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, legend (I. Cutler, Master, Cavendish Court), rev. named (Prize Medal for Writing and Accounts Awarded to Sarah Crawford, Midsummer AD 1797), 36mm, 7.36g. Good very fine, rare; with integral suspension loop £150-200
HERTFORDSHIRE, Hertford, East India College [Haileybury College], c. 1809, a specimen copper Sanskrit Prize medal by C.H. Küchler, the goddess India wearing an elephant-head head-dress, flanked by pedestal and long-stemmed flower, rev. legend in Sanskrit, 37mm, 27.18g (Pudd. 948.1.2; Pollard 32; cf. DNW M7, 138). Minor spotting, otherwise extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £280
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
DEVON, Devonport, Devonport Mechanics Institute, a silver award medal, unsigned [obv. after J. Dassier], bust of Isaac Newton three-quarters right, rev. arms of the Institute, named (Thomas Allom, for Drawings & Plans of a Workhouse), 43mm, 55.68g (MI II, 470/85 for obv.; cf. D & W 221/149; cf. DNW 66, 1125). Some rim and surface marks, otherwise very fine, grey tone, very rare in silver £150-200
Hammer Price: £260
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Tercentenary of King Edward’s Grammar School, 1852, a silver medal by P. Hollins for Allen & Moore, seated figure of Edward being presented with the founding charter by two courtiers, rev. a scroll depicting Charles Barry’s façade for the new building, 58mm, 111.60g (BHM 2502; D & W 208/50). A light stain on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and frosted, very rare in silver; set in glazed lunettes with silver rim, this named (Presented by the Governors to the...
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
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
HERTFORDSHIRE, Hertford, East India College [Haileybury College], c. 1809, a specimen white metal Sanskrit Prize medal, unsigned [by C.H. Küchler], arms of the East India Co with supporters, rev. legend in Sanskrit, 37mm, 20.70g (Pudd. 948.1.1 obv./948.1.2 rev.; Pollard 31 obv./32 rev.). Minor surface marks, otherwise very fine and an interesting mule £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
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
LONDON, Dowgate, Bridge, Candlewick and Dowgate Wards Charity Schools, an engraved silver Reward of Good Conduct medal by Elizabeth Morley, legend, rev. (This was given to the Bearer for his good Behaviour & Industry also to excite Emulation), hallmarked London 1814, 37mm, 12.58g. Very fine, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £100-150
DEVON, Exeter, Mr Gould’s Seminary, 1823, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, legend, named (Obtained by Mastr. Webb), rev. engraved (Declamation, December 1823), hallmarked jh London, 31mm, 4.52g (cf. Noble II, 989). Good very fine, very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £220
LONDON, Holborn, Miss Masterson’s Seminary, 1824, an engraved silver Reward of Merit by G. Knight, legend (…on leaving her Seminary, Angel Court, Skinner St), lady-day and date around, rev. bee-hive and bees, named (Miss Matilda Lovell, Aged 15 Years), hallmarked London 1822, 30mm, 6.40g (Grimshaw p.13, 52, this piece; D & W 240/189, this piece). Good very fine and toned, very rare; with clip and ring for suspension £100-150
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Marker’s medals by L. Pingo (2), specimens in silver and copper, crowned bust of Edward VI right, revs. open bible, edges un-named, both 35mm, 13.89g, 15.51g (Eimer 66a; MI I, 61/16; E 29; Grimshaw p.32, no.90) [2]. Extremely fine £80-100
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
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
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
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Liverpool Royal Institution, a silver award medal by T. Wyon, helmeted bust of Minerva right, liver bird on helmet, rev. wreath, named (55, J. Fearon), 38mm, 30.18g (W 2656; D & W 145/337). Some grazes in obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
LONDON, Lombard Street, City Commercial School, an engraved silver award Prix de Diligence by S. Hougham, legend, rev. george yard lombard street, named (obtenu par M. Williams à la St Jean, 1793), hallmarked London 1793, 50mm, 12.67g. Scratch on reverse, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare; with integral loop for suspension £150-200
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