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

Royal Dublin Society, an oval silver award medal, Hibernia seated with Irish shield and cornucopiæ, rev. named (Royal Dublin Society to Mr Wm McCalla in Testimony of their approbation the first part of his work on Algae Hibernica 1845), 57 x 45mm. Extremely fine £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 55, 7 May 2008, lot 2654.

William McCalla (1814-49), botanist and naturalist from Roundstone, co Galway, where he was a schoolmaster by profession