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A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman

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№ 376

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11 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£140

Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, a silver award medal by J. Jones, crowned harp, rev. wreath, named (Upper Ossory Farming Society 1853, To William Owen, Blesinton, for the Best Bull), 51mm (Lane, Went and Bateson, NSI Occ. Papers 19, no. 5; cf. D & W 138/290; cf. Baldwin FPL 1996, 266). Minor scuffing, otherwise good very fine and toned £60-£80

Provenance: J, Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1184