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4 & 5 December 2019
France, Peace of Tilsit, 1807, a silver medal by B. Andrieu and J.-P. Droz, conjoined busts of Napoleon, Alexander I of Russia, and Frederick William III of Prussia right, rev. river-god Niemen reclining left, 40mm (Bramsen 640; Julius 1755; Diakov 312.1). Extremely fine and toned, rare £1,500-£1,800
£1,500–£1,800
9 & 10 October 2019
England, Death of Henry Dawson, 1840, a copper medal by W. Woodhouse [after J. Barton], bust left, rev. figures weeping at monument, edge ob oct xxiv mdcccxl, 43mm (BHM 1961; E 1344). Good very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £40
France, Reconstruction of Orléans Cathedral, 1767, a copper medal by B. Duvivier, laureate and armoured bust of Louis XV right, rev. view of the cathedral, 63mm. Good very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £50
England, Smithfield Club, a silver award medal by W. Wyon, bust of Earl Spencer left, rev. bust of the Duke of Richmond right, edge named (As Breeder Best Beast in Class XXXIV, 1865, James Bannerman, Kelthall, Aberdeenshire Hill), 49mm (BHM 2218; E 1400). Good very fine £100-£150
England, Imprisonment of Sir Francis Burdett, 1810, a copper medal, unsigned, bust right, rev. the intrepid champion of freedom etc, within a radiate circle, 48mm (BHM 689; E 1011). Extremely fine £100-£150
England, Society of Arts for Scotland, a silver award medal, unsigned and undated, helmeted bust of Athena right, rev. wreath, un-named, 48mm (Brodie –). Fields hairlined, otherwise extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £55
France, Death of General Desaix, 1800, a copper medal by N. Brenet and H. Auguste, uniformed bust right within wreath, rev. legend in seven lines, 50mm (Bramsen 44). Extremely fine £100-£120
France, Death of Abbé Sicard, 1822, a copper medal by H. Desnoyers, bust left, rev. legend, 41mm (BDM I, 571). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £60
France, Birth of the Duke of Bordeaux, 1820, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, conjoined busts of the Duke and Duchess of Berri right, rev. Paris, standing, holding infant out to seated France, 68mm (BDM I, 55). Extremely fine £100-£120
England, Foundation of Christ Church, St Margaret, Leicester, 1838, a copper medal by Ottley, view of the church, rev. legend, 58mm (BHM –; Taylor –). Minor adhesion on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £80-£100
England, Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 1625, a cast silver medal, unsigned [by P. Regnier], busts face-to-face, rev. Cupid walking right, holding roses and lilies, 23mm, 2.02g (MI I, 238/1 var.; E 105Ab). Small scrape on obverse, otherwise very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £65
England, Rebuilding of Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1837, a copper medal by t. halliday, front elevation of building, rev. legend, 51mm (bhm 1793; E 1141). Extremely fine, rare £100-£150
England, George III, Obsequies at Windsor, 1820, a copper gilt medal, unsigned [perhaps by P. Kempson], bust left, rev. funerary urn, 45mm (BHM 1006; E 1126a). Extremely fine £60-£80
England, Betrothal of Princess Charlotte, 1814, a copper medal by T. Webb, bust right, rev. Spes standing, holding olive branch, cornucopia and rudder resting on globe, 54mm (BHM 778; E 1041). Minor spotting on reverse, otherwise extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £70
England, William Pitt, 1799, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 53mm (BHM 470; E 912). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £75
England, William Betty, 1804, a copper medal by T. Webb, bust right, rev. sword, trumpet, manuscript, goblet and lyre within wreath, 42mm (BHM 558; E 954). Extremely fine £80-£100
England, Candidature of Henry Brougham, 1818, a silver medal by G. Mills, bust right, rev. to the patriotic incorruptible and unbought freeholders of the county of westmoreland, etc, 36mm (BHM 970; E 1106). About extremely fine £150-£200
England, Birmingham Music Festival, 1834, a copper medal by T. Halliday, side elevation of the Town Hall, rev. interior of building, 49mm (BHM 1675; Taylor 108). Brilliant, practically as struck £80-£100
Hammer Price: £80
England, Death of George III, 1820, a copper medal by T. Webb for Mudie, bust right, rev. legend in 13 lines, 41mm (BHM 999). Extremely fine £60-£80
England, Edward Rossiter [1647], a modern copy of a silver badge, perhaps late 19th century, armoured bust left within floral border, rossiter on rev., 32 x 24mm (Platt type C: cf. MI I, 329/170); Duchess of Richmond [1667], a uniface plated cast copy of a restrike medal by M. Young after J. Roettiers, draped bust left, 70mm (cf. MI I, 541/195) [2]. About extremely fine £50-£70
England, Duke of York, 1826, a copper medal by A.J. Stothard for S. Parker, bust right, rev. goddess leaning on column, 62mm (BHM 1255). About extremely fine £100-£150
England, Death of John Rennie, 1821, a copper medal by W. Bain, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 64mm (BHM 1162; E 1166/1152). Excess cud of metal in field behind head, otherwise good extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £85
England, Thomas Gainsborough, 1859, a copper medal by E. Ortner for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. detail from Gainsborough’s painting The Wood Gatherers, 55mm (BHM 2653; E 1529). Extremely fine, uneven tone £100-£150
England, Christ’s Hospital, London, c. 1790, a silver Marker’s medal by L. Pingo, bust of Edward VI right, rev. bible opened at the pages of Exodus, un-named, 35mm, 14.97g (Eimer 66a; MI I, 61/16: E 29; Grimshaw 90). Extremely fine, toned £60-£80
England, Benjamin West, Purchase of a Picture for the British Institute, 1815, a copper medal by G. Mills, bust left, rev. names of subscribers in lines around centre, edge named (Presented by Mr West to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire), 41mm (BHM 862). Extremely fine £100-£150
Germany, Anti-Papal, a cast bronze medal, undated [16th-17th cent.], reversible heads of the Pope and the Devil, rev. reversible heads of a cardinal and a fool, 36mm. Possibly a later cast, good very fine; with loop for suspension £60-£80
Hammer Price: £90
France, Execution of Philippe, Duc d’Orléans, 1793, a silver medal by D.F. Loos. bust left, rev. snake winding between sword, sceptre and crown, 30mm, 8.68g (Hennin 550). Extremely fine or better, toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £95
Italy, Leonardo and Titian, a copper medal by F. Putinati, undated, bust of Leonardo right, rev. bust of Titian left, 43mm. Extremely fine £80-£100
England, Joshua Reynolds, 1845, a copper medal by A.J. Stothard for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. detail from Reynolds' painting The Infant Hercules, 58mm (BHM 2207; E 1399). About as struck £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
England, Duke of Wellington Appointed Governor of Plymouth, 1819, a copper medal by T. Webb and P. Rouw for Mudie, bust left, rev. legend in 35 lines, 55mm (Eimer 94; BHM 986; E 1118). About as struck £100-£150
England, George III, 58th Anniversary of Accession, 1817, a trimetallic medal by W. Wyon, copper with brass-plated obverse and silver-plated reverse, laureate bust right, rev. radiant star above landscape, 25mm (BHM 932; E 1101). About extremely fine, very rare £150-£180
England, Father Theobald Mathew, 1847, a copper medal by L. Wyon, bust right, rev. Mathew standing right, blessing six kneeling figures, 58mm (BHM 2269; E 1419). Extremely fine £80-£100
England, Charles Linnæus, a silver award medal by T. Halliday, bust left within wreath of flowers and fruit, rev. wreath, un-named, 45mm (BDM II, 390; BHM –; E –). Minor marks in fields, otherwise extremely fine and toned, rare £150-£180
Netherlands, Assassination of Johan and Cornelius de Wit, 1672, a silver medal, unsigned, conjoined busts right, rev. legend in eight lines, 49mm, 43.17g (v.L. III, 87/81). Good very fine, toned £150-£180
England, Free British Fishery Society Established, 1750, a copper medal by L. Koch, bust of Frederick, Prince of Wales right, rev. fishermen with nets and barrel, trawlers in background, 40mm (MI II, 659/365; E 629). Good very fine £80-£100
England, Benjamin West, 1866, a copper medal by W. Wilson for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. central group of figures from West’s painting Death of Wolfe at Quebec, 55mm (BHM 2862; E 1589). Extremely fine and toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
England, John Flaxman, 1854, a copper medal by H. Weigall for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. representation of Flaxman’s bas-relief of Mercury and Pandora, 56mm (BHM 2530; E 1479). About extremely fine, nicely toned £100-£150
France, Louis Philippe, 1834, a copper medal by J-P. Montagny, 41mm; Completion of the Arc de Triomphe, 1836, a silver medal by J-J. Barre, 25mm; Death of the Archbishop of Paris, 1848, a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 26mm; Second Republic, 1848, a copper medal by Alphée, 25mm; International Exposition, Paris, 1855, a copper medal by A. Barre, 60mm (Page-Divo 234) [5]. About extremely fine or better £100-£150
Italy, Karl Kajetan von Gaisruck, 1818, a copper medal by F. Putinati, 44mm (BDM IV, 711); Antonio Canova, 1823, copper medals (2), by G. Girometti, 50mm (BDM II, 273), by F. Putinati, 34mm (BDM IV, 711); Giovanni Fabroni, 1823, a copper medal by Merlini, 41mm (BDM IV, 43) [4]. Extremely fine or better £100-£150
England, Thomas Lawrence, 1860, a copper medal by G.G. Adams for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. standing figure of the Duke of Wellington, 56mm (BHM 2676; E 1539). Good extremely fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £120
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