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12–14 December 2017
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, 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
Hammer Price: £60
LONDON, Piccadilly, Royal Academy, British School, a uniface oval pallet-shaped gilt-copper ticket, c. 1800, Prince of Wales’ feathers, back engraved 126, 53 x 43mm, 21.82g (D & W 146/349; MG 1095). Very fine and very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
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
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
Hammer Price: £80
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
MIDDLESEX, Enfield, Revd. W. Thomas’s Academy, 1817, an engraved silver Prize Medal by W. Bateman, legend, rev. engraved (Non Salacon Sum, Tamen Præmium Per Diligentiam Acquisivi), hallmarked London 1816, 53mm, 14.72g (Grimshaw p.18, 40; D & W 226/192, this piece). Good very fine, very rare; decorative border and loop for suspension £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
MIDDLESEX, Enfield, Revd. W. Thomas’s Academy, 1818, an engraved silver Prize Medal, probably by W. Bateman, legend, rev. engraved (Qui Sequitur rem laborios’e Obteret omnes Difficultates), hallmarked London 1817, 50mm, 13.69g (Grimshaw p.18, 40; D & W 227/193, this piece). Very fine and very rare; decorative border [obliterating first initial of the maker’s mark] and loop for suspension £120-150
MIDDLESEX, Isleworth, Mrs Pincutt and Miss Hobbs’ Establishment, an engraved silver Music Prize by C. Rawlings, legend, rev. harp, hallmarked London 1828, 41mm, 14.95g. Very fine and toned, very rare; with fixed loop for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £160
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
Hammer Price: £45
STAFFORDSHIRE, Wolverhampton, Centenary of Sedgley Park School, 1863, a silver medal, unsigned, frontal elevation of the School with wing buildings improved, rev. legends within and around quadrilobe, 43mm, 42.93g (Taylor 44b obv.; D & W 272/517). Extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £110
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
Hammer Price: £50
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
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
Hammer Price: £55
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...
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...
Hammer Price: £260
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hammer Price: £75
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
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
Co ANTRIM, Belfast, Belfast Academical Institution, 1810, a silver medal by Younge & Deakin, legend in four lines under scroll, named (M. McKay), rev. seated robed female placing wreath over the head of a boy who holds an open book, building in background, 48mm, 50.59g (Grimshaw p.46; cf. E 1013; MG 928; cf. DNW 138, 443). Somewhat scuffed and with suspension removed, otherwise about very fine, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Co ANTRIM, Belfast, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, 1810, a copper medal by T.W. Ingram, legend in five lines under scroll, rev. seated robed female placing wreath over the head of a boy who holds an open book, building in background, un-named, 48mm, 51.16g (Grimshaw p.46; E 1013; cf. DNW M5, 1013). Scratch in reverse field, otherwise very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £140
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
13 & 14 March 2018
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
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
Hammer Price: £400
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, 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
LONDON, Bishopsgate, Mr Cutler’s Academy, an engraved silver award medal by J. Harris IV, legend, rev. named (F.F. Dudley, for Arithmetic, Midsummer 1828), hallmarked London 1828, 41mm, 15.09g (Grimshaw p.28; D & W 240/291, this piece). Very fine, rare; pierced for suspension £150-200
LONDON, Bishopsgate, Mrs Cutler’s School, an engraved silver award medal by G. Knight, legend, rev. named (To Mary Cox for Orthography, Midsummer 1825), hallmarked London 1824, 39mm, 17.57g (Grimshaw II, p.12, no.42, this piece). Light scratches, otherwise about very fine, rare; pierced for suspension £150-200
Hammer Price: £180
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
Hammer Price: £240
LONDON, Dowgate, Bridge, Candlewick and Dowgate Wards Charity Schools, an engraved silver Reward of Good Conduct medal, perhaps by W. Sharp, legend, rev. named (Susan Green…for her good Behaviour & Industry also to excite Emulation), hallmarked London 1820, 38mm, 10.38g. Very fine, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £100-150
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
Hammer Price: £200
LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Nautical School, 1673, a uniface plated cloak badge by J. Roettiers, standing figures of Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy encouraging a Bluecoat boy, fleet behind, 83mm, 67.37g (MI I, 557/218; Grimshaw p.5, no. 1; E 252). About very fine; the wide border with ten piercings for attachment £80-100
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
Hammer Price: £340
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, a uniface cast silver Marker’s medal, unsigned, bust of Edward VI three-quarters left, back engraved with open book (IT AM 1756), 32mm, 12.17g (Grimshaw p.31, no.89; D & W 242/304, this piece). Obverse rubbed, otherwise fine, reverse better, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £50-70
Hammer Price: £190
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