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

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№ 296

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11 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£900

TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, a silver engraved award medal for Oratory, 1795, Apollo with wreath, rev. legend, named (The Historical Society…adjudged this Medal to Mr. Preston Fitzgerald for his distinguished merit in Oratory), 51mm. Has been cleaned, but very fine and very rare; with swivel suspension loop £500-£600

Provenance: DNW Auction 58, 24-5 June 2003, lot 1422.

Preston Fitzgerald (1777-1824), Dublin artist and poet