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13–15 September 2017
OXFORDSHIRE, Banbury, Miss Salter’s Ladies Establishment, Reward of Merit, 1836, an engraved silver medalet, legend both sides, named (Miss E. Milward), 23mm, 6.96g. Very fine, rare; pierced, with clip and ring for suspension £40-60
Hammer Price: £90
12–14 December 2017
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
SUSSEX, Brighton, Miss Gill’s School, Brunswick Square, a silver Prize of Honor medal after Ottley by G.W. Adams for Chawner & Co, legend in wreath, rev. legend, named (Miss E. Wilson, Christmas 1858), hallmarked London 1858, 51mm, 44.76g. Extremely fine and attractively toned £80-100
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Birmingham University, Queen’s College, Warneford Medal, 1844, a silver-gilt striking of the gold award, unsigned, bust of Samuel Warneford right, rev. altar, inscribed with dedication, within wreath, un-named, 45mm, 43.77g. Minor marks, otherwise good very fine, rare £50-70
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Icknield Street Board School, Edward Fordham Flower Prize, a silver Prize for Kindness to Animals, unsigned, legend in wreath both sides, named (Stephen Harry Ford, 1889), 64mm, 97.27g. Good very fine, toned £60-80
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
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
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
SOMERSET, Bath, Bluecoat School, The Brodrick Medal, 1854, silver awards by Allen & Moore (2), draped bust of Robert Nelson three-quarters left, revs. legend, edges named (Henry Smith, 1859; Emily Ann Hodges), hallmarked Birmingham 1859 and 1886, both 45mm, 39.64g, 47.45g (D & W 204/23) [2]. Extremely fine and better, toned; with clips and rings for suspension £80-100
13 & 14 March 2018
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Marker’s medal by L. Pingo, in silver, crowned bust of Edward VI right, rev. open bible, edge named (Samuel Nicholas Cooper, 1832), 35mm, 13.58g (Eimer 66a; MI I, 61/16; E 29; Grimshaw p.32, no.90) [2]. Extremely fine, obverse toned £60-80
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
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
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
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Proprietary College, 1843, a white metal medal by Ottley, frontal elevation of the College, rev. crown and sceptre resting on bible, 53mm, 52.16g (Taylor 140a; D & W 217/116); Cheltenham College, a silver award medal by J. Moore for Martin & Co, Cheltenham, corner view of the College elevation, rev. wreath, named (Classical & Modern Sides Mathematical, Silver Medallist, 1911, G.G. Crocker), 44mm, 46.80g (Taylor 140b) [2]. First about extremely fine,...
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
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...
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
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Alveston, Alveston Academy, an engraved silver First Prize for Elocution, unsigned, legend both sides, named (John E. Martin), maker’s stamp indistinct, hallmarked Exeter 1841 [or 1843], 46mm, 11.93g. Good very fine and toned, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £80-100
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Bristol Grammar School, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms of Robert Thorne, rev. legend in wreath, un-named, 43mm, 38.43g (D & W 213/98); City of Bristol, a uniface silver award medal, unsigned, arms and supporters, back inscribed (It is not the hours you put in that count, but what you put into the hours), 32mm, 13.96g; Bristol Education Committee, Regular Attendance & Satisfactory Conduct silver award medals by Vaughton (2), arms and supporters, revs. legend...
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Hazelwood School, Edgbaston, silver award medals (2), unsigned, 1822, frontal elevation of the School, rev. scroll, named (Hor. Smith, February 1826); 1826, similar, named (S. Hodgson), both 27mm, 9.19g, 9.10g (D & W 208/53, 208/55) [2]. First very fine, second nearly so, both toned; pierced for suspension, latter with loop £40-60
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
YORKSHIRE, Bradford, Bradford Technical College and the Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, 1882, a silver medal by Fattorini, façade of the College, rev. seated robed figure of Knowledge holding lamp, attended by male and female artisans, 45mm, 47.16g (BHM 3125; Taylor 201a; Allen Pt I). Virtually as struck and attractively toned, very rare in silver £70-90
YORKSHIRE, Wetherby, Bramham Lodge Academy, a silver award medal for the Greatest Improvement, unsigned, prb monogram, rev. legend in wreath, un-named, 41mm, 26.37g. Very fine and toned, very rare £80-100
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
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
HAMPSHIRE, Bournemouth, St Margaret’s Hall, Reward of Superior Merit, a silver award medal by J. Moore, Diligentia seated right, rev. legend in and around wreath, hallmarked Birmingham 1885, 45mm, 45.88g. Extremely fine and toned, rare £60-80
SOMERSET, Bath, Kingswood School, The Welsh Medal, 1865, a silver award, unsigned, bust of William Evans three-quarters right, rev. legend around wreath, named (A.C. Dixon, 1880), 41mm, 49.98g. Virtually as struck and toned, rare £70-90
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, an engraved silver-gilt Governors’ award medal, unsigned, named (Charles Jenkins), rev. legend (The first Proficient in Arithmetic, 30th March 1808), 40mm, 12.58g (Grimshaw p.14, 31; cf. DNW 143, 41). About very fine £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, 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
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Mrs Reed’s Establishment, Oxford Court, an engraved silver award by W. Knight or W. King, legend ending Decr. 19th 1823, rev. named (A tribute for distinguished Merit to Ann Smith), hallmarked London 1823, 37mm, 8.46g. Brilliant mint state, toned; with clip and ring for suspension £80-100
KENT, Canterbury, The Clergy Orphan Corporation School for Boys, St Thomas’s Mount, George Musgrave Prize, silver award medals by J.S. & A.B. Wyon (2), Latin legends both sides, named (E.H. Bleasdell, 1903; Sidneius L.B. Stoddart), both 51mm, 58.76g, 59.90g; Simon Langton Schools, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (R.F. Allen, 1926), 51mm, 60.96g [3]. Last mint state and toned, in red fitted case of issue, others extremely fine but second with obverse edge knock at 6...
SUSSEX, Brighton, Brighton Proprietary School, 1836, Præpositors Prize (Instituted 1850), a silver award medal, unsigned, kneeling robed female, rev. names of educational subjects, named (James W. Brand, Xmas 1864), 44mm, 43.90g (cf. DNW M1, 1366); Brighton School of Science & Art, Ashbury Medal, a silver award by Hancocks & Co, arms above wreath, named (Awarded to Miss E.F. Pocock for Best Set of Science Lecture Notes, 1878), rev. implements of art and industry in trilobe, 52mm, 60.01g...
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, an engraved silver-gilt Governors’ award medal by T. Phipps and E. Robinson, named (Thomas Cobell), rev. legend (The second Proficient in Arithmetic, 28 Sepr. 1810), 37mm, 8.77g (Grimshaw p.14, 31; cf. DNW 143, 41). Extremely fine, rare £90-120
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, an engraved silver-gilt Governors’ award medal, unsigned, named (Stepney Finch), rev. legend (The Second Proficient in Arithmetic, 28 Sept. 1813), 35mm, 7.71g (Grimshaw p.14, 31; cf. DNW 143, 41). Very fine, rare £80-100
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
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
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
ESSEX, Bocking, Bocking Academy, an oval engraved silver award for Penmanship by T. James, legend both sides, Decr. 25th 1811, un-named, hallmarked London 1811, 52 x 39mm, 9.01g. Very fine and toned, extremely rare; with loop for suspension £90-120
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