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British Victories, 1704, a silver medal by G. Hautsch, draped bust of Queen Anne left, rev. Britannia seated beneath palm-tree decorated with three shields, Gibraltar and fleet in background, edge lettered, 40mm, 26.63g (MI II, 270/70; E 411). Trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned £400-500
Hammer Price: £380
Douai Taken, 1710, a copper medal by J. Croker, laureate bust of Queen Anne left, rev. Victory, standing amid piles of captured French arms, affixing a shield to a column, 47mm (MI II, 369/213; E 443). Some spotting on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Capture of Béthune, St Venant and Aire, 1710, a copper medal by J. Croker and S. Bull, bust of Queen Anne left, rev. large trophy of French arms, standards etc, 48mm (MI II, 374/220; E 447). Some surface verdigris, otherwise very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £100
George I, Coronation, 1714, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia crowning King, 34mm, 14.53g (MI II, 424/9; E 470). Very fine, toned £120-150
Hammer Price: £260
The Order of Blue and Orange, 1727, a gold medal or badge, unsigned, octagonal altar, sides decorated with an orange, radiate Garter badge decorated with the Brunswick Horse above, rev. circular drum decorated with a rams head, on which stand five upright arrows held together and passing through an Electoral crown, circular band around, 50 x 30mm, 15.51g (Woolf 42:1b; MI II, 487/25). Extremely fine and extremely rare, perhaps the only example extant in gold; with integral suspension loop, dec...
Hammer Price: £1,900
Death of Sir Isaac Newton, 1727, a copper medal by J. Croker, draped bust left, rev. Science holding a plan of the solar system, 52mm, 65.71g (MI II, 469/83; E 504). Very fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £150
Death of John Freind, 1728, a copper medal by F. St. Urbain, bust left, rev. ancient and contemporary physicians greet each other, 57mm (MI II, 488/28; E 515; Storer 1122). About very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £60
Kings and Queens of England, 1731, medals by J.A. Dassier (9), viz. William II, Henry III, Edward I, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward V, Edward VI, Mary II, George I, all 41mm (MI I, 2, 4, 5/2, 12/6, 16/6, 18, 62/20, II, 123/368, 475/94; E 2, 8, 10, 16, 17, 21, 30, 364, 508) [9]. Plated and with frosted appearance; probably removed from a frame in the past £100-150
Andrew Fountaine, 1745, a damascened copper medal by J.A. Dassier, bust right, rev. legend in three lines, date below, 56mm (Eisler II, 296, 19 for obv.; MI II, 590/236 for obv.; E 590 footnote). Very fine and extremely rare, especially with the 1745 date £1,200-1,500
£1,200–£1,500
Capture of the French Treasure Ships Marquis d’Antin and Louis Erasmus in the North Atlantic, 1745, a copper medal by J. Kirk, five ships engaged in battle, rev. two infant Fames, each holding oval frame with busts of James Talbot and John Morecock, procession of horse-drawn wagons below, 37mm (MI II, 597/246; E 594; Betts 381). Extremely fine and very rare [slabbed PCGS MS62 BN] £500-600
Hammer Price: £850
State of England, 1750, a copper medal by J.A. Dassier, laureate and armoured bust of George II left, rev. seated Britannia regarding Mercury, who pours out an abundant cornucopia, 55mm (MI II, 658/363; E 630; Eisler II, 297/22). Some light spotting, otherwise about extremely fine £150-200
Louisbourg Taken, 1758, a brass medal, unsigned, bust of Admiral Boscawen right, rev. ships in harbour, town and fortress, 37mm (MI II, 688/408; E 660; Betts 406). About very fine £240-300
£240–£300
Louisbourg Taken, 1758, a plated pinchbeck medal, unsigned, bust of Admiral Boscawen right, rev. ships in harbour, town and fortress, 39mm (MI II, 689/411; E 659; Betts 403). Fine to very fine, scarce £400-600
£400–£600
Battle of Minden, 1759, a copper medal, unsigned [by J. Pingo] for the SPAC [struck 1763], Victory crowning British and German soldiers, rev. Victory seated right with captured French shields, 40mm (Eimer 23; MI II, 700/431; E 669). Reverse edge knock, otherwise about very fine £60-80
British Victories, 1759, a silver medal, unsigned, laureate and armoured bust of George II left, rev. armorial supporters with inverted French fleur-de-lis, battle victories named around, 44mm, 32.20g (MI II, 708/444; E 677; Betts 418). Some surface marks, otherwise about very fine, reverse better, very rare in silver £1,000-1,500
£1,000–£1,500
Death of the Duke of Cumberland, 1765, a copper medal by J. van Nost, armoured and draped bust right, rev. tomb flanked by Britannia and Cupid, 38mm (BHM 91; E 709). Trifling hairlines, otherwise extremely fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £130
Richmondshire Agriculture Society (Inst. 1778), a silver award medal by L. Pingo, un-named, 52mm (Eimer 56; cf. DNW 132, 1626); Calder Vale Agricultural Association (Est. 1839), a silver-gilt award medal by J. Sherriff, named (John Haigh Fuller, For the best Thoro’ Bred Stallion, 1853), 51mm (cf. Baldwin FPL 1999, 6-7) [2]. First fine, second good very fine but with reverse edge knock at 8 o’clock £80-100
Hammer Price: £140
Ferdinand IV Restored to the Throne at Naples, 1799, a copper-gilt medal by C.H. Küchler, armoured bust right, rev. Fame flies over the Bay of Naples holding a medallic portrait of Nelson, ship arrives at left, 48mm (Hardy 21; BHM 479; E 908; Pollard 18; MH 489). Minor scuffing and nicks, otherwise extremely fine, very rare as a gilt medal; in original metal shells £400-500
Hammer Price: £550
Horticultural Society of London, Foundation Medal (Est. 1804), a copper medal by G.F. Pidgeon after R. Batty for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, un-named, 68mm (D & W 155/422; E 955); The W.H. Medal, 1839, a copper award by T. Halliday, tablet numbered (18), 58mm (D & W 278/555); together with other medals and jetons in silver (5), base metal (8), including British and World Exhibition medals [15]. Mostly better than very fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £400
Death of cHARLES jAMES fOX, 1806, a copper medal by T. Webb, 53mm (BHM 604; E 979); Reopening of the Royal Exchange, 1844, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 51mm (W & E 428A.1; BHM 2173); Inauguration of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, Birmingham, 1857, a copper medal by G.R. Collis, 55mm (BHM 2602); Visit of the Prince of Wales to Ireland, 1868, a white metal medal by T. Ottley, 51mm (W & E 1009A.1; BHM 2884; E 1595); Liverpool Seamen’s Friend Society, a bro...
Hammer Price: £190
The Earl of Wellington, 1812, a copper medal by T. Webb, 54mm (Eimer 10; BHM 746; E 1028; Bramsen 1174); Charles Lawson, a copper medal by W. Wyon, 55mm; Collegiate Institution, Liverpool (Est. 1842), a silver Arithmetical award medal by T. Ottley, un-named, 31mm (D & W 239/283); Christ Church, Streatham, National Schools, 1844, a white metal Good Conduct and Proficiency medal by W.J. Taylor, 50mm; James Restall, a white metal Christmas Medal, 1900, 38mm; together with other base metal medals...
Battle of Vitoria, Wellington Created Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 1813. a silver medal by F. Sagau, bust left, rev. Victory on column, captured arms and standard behind, 46mm (Eimer 23; Bramsen 2251). Bright from past cleaning, otherwise very fine, rare £300-360
Hammer Price: £320
Treaty of Paris, 1814, a copper medal by T. Halliday, conjoined laureate busts of allied monarchs right, rev. Peace standing, 47mm (BHM 802; E 1045). About very fine £100-150
Treaty of Paris, 1814, a silver cliché of the obv. of the medal by W. Turnpenny for Kempson, conjoined laureate busts of allied monarchs right, 49mm (Eimer 49; BHM 812; Bramsen 1436). Extremely fine, toned £50-70
Hammer Price: £75
Duke of Wellington Appointed Governor of Plymouth, 1819, a copper medal by T. Webb for Mudie, bust left, rev. legend in 35 lines, 55mm (Eimer 94; BHM 986; E 1118). Some light spotting, otherwise extremely fine £90-120
Society of Patrons of Charity Schools, 1820, a silver medal, unsigned, bust of George IV left, rev. façade of St Paul’s Cathedral, 51mm (BHM –; D & W –). Extremely fine and attractively toned, very rare £100-150
Glasgow Academy, 1825, an engraved gold award medal by J. Mitchell, legend (Thomæ Mackay hoc numisma optimæ pronuntiatonis præmium condiscipulorum suffragiis adjudicatum donandum curavit Franciscus Jeffrey Acad. Glasc. quondam Rector ad mdcccxxv), rev. legend in wreath, 37mm, 18ct, 18.22g. Extremely fine and very rare £500-600
Hammer Price: £900
Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1827, a copper medal by J. Henning, bust right, rev. equestrian figure of Wellington advancing right with his troops, 63mm (Eimer 101; BHM 1313; E 1191; Bramsen 1644). Good very fine £100-150
The Duke of Wellington Appointed Prime Minister, 1828, a copper medal by J. Davis, bust left, rev. 10-line legend in wreath, 51mm (Eimer 103; BHM 1330). Extremely fine and very rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £110
George IV, Death, 1830, a white metal medal by T.W. Ingram, 41mm (BHM 1376); together with other medals, tokens, etc (29, three in silver) [30]. First extremely fine, others in varied state £60-80
Kings and Queens of England, 1830, a complete set of Thomason’s re-worked set of the Dassier medals, with additional medals for George III and George IV (36), each with portrait obverse, revs. legend with biographical details, each 41mm (excepting Cromwell, 38mm) (BHM 1437; E 1236) [Lot]. Extremely fine and scarce as a complete set; in original trays from book-type folder £200-300
Hammer Price: £750
Christ’s Hospital, silver Marker’s medals by L. Pingo (2), edges named (Wriothesley Sinclair, 1833…Alfred Coleman, 1847), both 35mm (Eimer 66a; MI I, 61/16; E 29; Grimshaw 90) [2]. First very fine and toned, second fine £70-90
Duke of Wellington Elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 1834, a copper medal by T. Webb, 55mm (Eimer 113; BHM 1664; E 1273; Bramsen 1929); Duke of Wellington as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1839, a copper medal by B. Wyon, 55mm (Eimer 116; BHM 1889; E 1328; Taylor 25a) [2]. Good very fine and better, but first with some spotting £120-150
Hammer Price: £90
Duke of Wellington Elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford, 1834, a copper medal by T. Webb, 55mm (Eimer 113; BHM 1664; E 1273; Bramsen 1929); together with other bronze medals (3) [4]. Very fine or better £80-100
Hammer Price: £180
Oxford University Boat Club, Challenge Prize Medal, Four Oars, a silver award, unsigned, legend in wreath, rev. named (Univ. Coll., I.H. Griffiths, Coxswain, 1841), arms below, 51mm. Surface marks, otherwise good fine and toned, rare £80-100
Manchester School of Design, Primrose Medal (Founded 1848), a copper medal by W. Wyon, 51mm (cf. DNW 123, 499); Richard Lambert Jones, 1849, a copper medal by W. Wyon, 64mm (BHM 2349; E 1438) [2]. Extremely fine but lightly lacquered £50-70
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, a copper medal by T. Ottley, Victoria and Albert in medallions vis-à-vis above view of the Crystal Palace, rev. Britannia standing amidst implements of art, industry and transport, 74mm (Allen B285; BHM 2447; Taylor 165z). About extremely fine and attractively patinated, very rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £600
King Edward’s Grammar School, Birmingham, a silver award medal for Gymnastics by P. Hollins for Allen & Moore, adapted from the School’s Tercentenary medal [1852], un-named, 58mm (BHM 2502 obv.; D & W 208/50 obv.); Handel Centenary, Crystal Palace, 1859, a copper award medal by J. Pinches and W.J. Taylor, named (T. Plant, Performer), 50mm (Allen 10; BHM 2656; E 1527); School of Military Engineering, Haynes Medal, 1896, bronze awards by F. Bowcher (2), named (2nd Lieut. L.C.B. Deed, R.E., 1905...
Department of Science and Art, Queen’s National Medal, 1856, copper award medals by W. Wyon (2), named (Isabella Dance, Taunton, Stage 23C, 1862; Ida Hasleham, Stage 23C, 1890), both 55mm (E 1511); City and Guilds of London Institute, 1889, award medals by L.C. Wyon for Pinches (4), silver (3) and bronze, named (silver: William J. Smith, Carriage Building (Rail), 1st Prize, 1889; William J. Smith, Rail Carriage Building, 1st Prize, 1890, David Brownlie, Cotton Dyeing, 1st Prize, 1901; bronze:...
British Horological Society, 1858, a bronze award medal by J.J. Hall, named (British Horological Institute, awarded to Edwin Cooper, for Practical Work and Theory, 1906), 70mm (BHM 2639; E 1524); Society of Arts, President’s Medal, 1863, a copper award medal by L.C. Wyon, named (C. Fry, for an Original Design for Lace, Royal Drawing Society Competition, 1896), 56mm (BHM 2794; E 1567); Society of Arts, President’s Medal, 1901, a bronze award by E. Fuchs and after L.C. Wyon, named (Gertrude Hel...
Hammer Price: £280
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