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12–14 December 2017
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
Hammer Price: £70
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...
Hammer Price: £120
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
Hammer Price: £600
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
Hammer Price: £50
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
Hammer Price: £110
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
Hammer Price: £220
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
Hammer Price: £160
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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