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12–14 December 2017
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
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
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
DERBYSHIRE, Spinkhill, Mount St Mary’s College, c. 1850, a silver medal, unsigned, Madonna enthroned, rev. south elevation of the School, 55mm, 77.69g (Taylor 151a, this piece, recté 55mm). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £160
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
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
DEVON, Paignton, Paignton School, an engraved silver Maltese Cross-shaped award by T.H. Stone, Exeter, Garter inscribed palmam qui meruit ferat, centre engraved (Paignton School, 1st Prize, B. Tucker, Christmas 1865), back hallmarked Exeter 1865, 54mm, 16.03g. Very fine and extremely rare; with clip and ring for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Co DURHAM/NORTHUMBERLAND, Durham/Newcastle-upon-Tyne, University of Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, College of Medicine, Session 1871 and 1872, a silver award cross for Surgery by C.J. Reid, Newcastle, caduceus flanked by cross and tower, rev. floral ornamentation, named (Lecturer, G.Y. Heath, M.D., Awarded to T.A. Dodd), 41mm, 37.55g. Good very fine, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
Hammer Price: £110
ESSEX, Colchester, Colchester Royal Grammar School, the Earl of Dartmouth’s silver award medal by B. Wyon, Dartmouth arms and supporters, rev. legend in wreath, named (Herb. Edv. Chapman), 41mm, 42.16g. Virtually as struck and deeply toned, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
Hammer Price: £95
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
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
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
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
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
KENT, Deal, St Ethelburga School, a silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, reward of merit in wreath, rev. engraved legend, 34mm, 13.24g. Very fine, rare; pierced for suspension, with ring £60-80
Hammer Price: £140
KENT, Dover, The Mayor’s Prize for Mathematics, 1884, a silver award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, arms of Dover and the Cinque Ports in trilobe, rev. legend in wreath (Presented by the College Council), edge named (Awarded to H.F. Mayes, Dover College), 48mm, 62.23g (cf. DNW M13, 1034); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Schoolchildren of Dover, a white metal medal by Heaton & Sons, veiled bust left, rev. presented…by w.h. crundall mayor, 38mm, 14.55g (W & E 2170E.1) [2]. Very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £100
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
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
LINCOLNSHIRE, Grimsby, Grimsby Municipal College, a bronze award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (440 Yds Handicap (Under 14), F. Brannam, 69 1/5 Secs., 1923), 39mm, 30.41g; YORKSHIRE, Hull, Tercentenary of the Birth of Andrew Marvell, 1921, a silver medal by T. Sheppard for J.A. Restall, bust three-quarters right, rev. façade of the Old Grammar School, hallmarked Birmingham 1920, 45mm, 41.20g (BHM 4160; E 1972; Yorkshire NS Transactions, vol. II, p.205) [2]. Mint state, latter...
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
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
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
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
LONDON, Blackfriars, Miss Hannah Pickering’s Music School, an engraved silver award medal by J. Jackson, named (To Miss Ridley for her attention in Music), rev. engraved (Logiers System 853) above branches, hallmarked London 1821, 33mm, 15.48g (Grimshaw p.12, no. 44, this piece). Very fine; with clip and ring for suspension £70-90
Hammer Price: £190
LONDON, Dowgate, Bridge, Candlewick and Dowgate Wards Charity Schools, an engraved silver Reward of Good Conduct medal by W. Sharp, legend, rev. named (…Good Conduct and an excitement to Emulation given to Rd. Nicholls), hallmarked London 1824, 39mm, 13.71g. Very fine, rare; grained border, integral suspension loop £80-100
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, London Wall, Worshipful Company of Carpenters, a silver medal, unsigned [after J. Milton], arms in wreath, rev. legend in wreath, named (Thomas Lane, Trades Training School, 1917-18), 54mm, 64.10g (Garnett –; W –; D & W –; cf. Baldwin 69, 309). About extremely fine, toned £50-70
LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Nautical School, 1673, a uniface silver cloak badge by J. Roettiers, standing figures of Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy encouraging a Bluecoat boy, fleet behind, 78mm, 20.62g (MI I, 557/218; Grimshaw p.5, no. 1; E 252). Very fine, toned; the wide border unusually without piercings for attachment £150-200
Hammer Price: £150
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
LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Mathematical School, an engraved Georgian-period silver medal, unsigned, double defined image, a pentagono ad lineam rectam introrsvm pro qvadrato, rev. a qvadrato ad lineam rectam exreosvm, single defined image, 41mm, 11.22g. Good very fine and toned, extremely rare £200-300
LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Henry Stone badge, c. 1715, an oval plated cloak badge, unsigned, three boys around a table with instruments of learning, globe at left, 89 x 78mm, 49.42g (MI I, 557/219; Grimshaw p.5, no. 2; D & W 244/315). Plating worn from obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare; wide border incorporating 12 piercings for attachment £150-200
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
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
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