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LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Mathematical School, 1673, a silver medal by J. Roettier, double defined image, a pentagono ad lineam rectam introrsvm pro qvadrato, rev. a qvadrato ad lineam rectam exreosvm, single defined image, 56mm, 45.51g (MI I, 559/222). A trifling graze in upper obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, an extremely rare mule of two reverses £600-800
Hammer Price: £800
CORNWALL, Helston, Death of Sir Isaac Newton, 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, draped bust left, rev. Science holding a plan of the solar system, edge impressed prize medal for helston school 1785, 52mm, 57.06g (D & W 233/243, this piece; MI II, 469/83; E 504). Brilliant mint state, attractively toned, extremely rare as a prize medal £400-500
Hammer Price: £900
LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Mathematical School, an engraved Georgian-period silver medal, unsigned, double defined image, a pentagono ad lineam rectam introrsvm pro qvadrato, rev. a qvadrato ad lineam rectam exreosvm, single defined image, 41mm, 11.22g. Good very fine and toned, extremely rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £150
DEVON, Devonport, Devonport Mechanics Institute, a silver award medal, unsigned [obv. after J. Dassier], bust of Isaac Newton three-quarters right, rev. arms of the Institute, named (Thomas Allom, for Drawings & Plans of a Workhouse), 43mm, 55.68g (MI II, 470/85 for obv.; cf. D & W 221/149; cf. DNW 66, 1125). Some rim and surface marks, otherwise very fine, grey tone, very rare in silver £150-200
Hammer Price: £260
HERTFORDSHIRE, Hertford, East India College [Haileybury College], c. 1809, a specimen copper Arabic Prize medal, unsigned [by C.H. Küchler], arms of the East India Co with supporters, rev. legend in Arabic, 37mm, 26.96g (Pudd. 948.1.1; Pollard 31; cf. DNW 136, 1515). Extremely fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £600
LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Nautical School, 1673, a uniface silver cloak badge by J. Roettiers, standing figures of Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy encouraging a Bluecoat boy, fleet behind, 78mm, 20.62g (MI I, 557/218; Grimshaw p.5, no. 1; E 252). Very fine, toned; the wide border unusually without piercings for attachment £150-200
LONDON, [Newgate], Christ’s Hospital, Henry Stone badge, c. 1715, an oval plated cloak badge, unsigned, three boys around a table with instruments of learning, globe at left, 89 x 78mm, 49.42g (MI I, 557/219; Grimshaw p.5, no. 2; D & W 244/315). Plating worn from obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare; wide border incorporating 12 piercings for attachment £150-200
Hammer Price: £120
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, an engraved silver-gilt Governors’ award medal by J. Reily, named (Hy. Alexr. Ince), rev. legend (The First Proficient in Writing, 28 May 1824), hallmarked London 1824, 40mm, 9.44g (Grimshaw p.14, 31; cf. DNW M10, 1351). Very fine, rare; in contemporary [non-original] brown case £120-150
£120–£150
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Pitt Club, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, bust of William Pitt the Younger right, rev. wreath, named (F.B. Taylor, Pitt Club Exhibitioner, from Christ’s Hospital, 1870), 45mm, 56.09g. Frosted surfaces, mint state, a little peripheral toning, rare; set in glazed lunettes with silver rim, in which the medal has turned, clip and ring for suspension £120-150
Hammer Price: £320
MIDDLESEX, Enfield, Revd. W. Thomas’s Academy, 1817, an engraved silver Prize Medal by W. Bateman, legend, rev. engraved (Non Salacon Sum, Tamen Præmium Per Diligentiam Acquisivi), hallmarked London 1816, 53mm, 14.72g (Grimshaw p.18, 40; D & W 226/192, this piece). Good very fine, very rare; decorative border and loop for suspension £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
MIDDLESEX, Enfield, Revd. W. Thomas’s Academy, 1818, an engraved silver Prize Medal, probably by W. Bateman, legend, rev. engraved (Qui Sequitur rem laborios’e Obteret omnes Difficultates), hallmarked London 1817, 50mm, 13.69g (Grimshaw p.18, 40; D & W 227/193, this piece). Very fine and very rare; decorative border [obliterating first initial of the maker’s mark] and loop for suspension £120-150
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Tercentenary of King Edward’s Grammar School, 1852, a silver medal by P. Hollins for Allen & Moore, seated figure of Edward being presented with the founding charter by two courtiers, rev. a scroll depicting Charles Barry’s façade for the new building, 58mm, 111.60g (BHM 2502; D & W 208/50). A light stain on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and frosted, very rare in silver; set in glazed lunettes with silver rim, this named (Presented by the Governors to the...
HERTFORDSHIRE, Hertford, East India College [Haileybury College], c. 1809, a specimen white metal Sanskrit Prize medal, unsigned [by C.H. Küchler], arms of the East India Co with supporters, rev. legend in Sanskrit, 37mm, 20.70g (Pudd. 948.1.1 obv./948.1.2 rev.; Pollard 31 obv./32 rev.). Minor surface marks, otherwise very fine and an interesting mule £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
HERTFORDSHIRE, Hertford, East India College [Haileybury College], c. 1809, a specimen copper Sanskrit Prize medal by C.H. Küchler, the goddess India wearing an elephant-head head-dress, flanked by pedestal and long-stemmed flower, rev. legend in Sanskrit, 37mm, 27.18g (Pudd. 948.1.2; Pollard 32; cf. DNW M7, 138). Minor spotting, otherwise extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £280
Lincolnshire, Louth (and elsewhere), Society of Industry, 1783, a silver award medal by J. Milton, robed figures of Peace and Plenty, beehive in background, rev. legend, named (Lord Brownlow, Benefactor), 35mm, 21.36g (Stainton 1; W 2353; D & W 137/286; cf. DNW T6, 603). Very fine; with flat loop for suspension £100-150
Hammer Price: £85
LONDON, Holborn, Miss Masterson’s Seminary, 1824, an engraved silver Reward of Merit by G. Knight, legend (…on leaving her Seminary, Angel Court, Skinner St), lady-day and date around, rev. bee-hive and bees, named (Miss Matilda Lovell, Aged 15 Years), hallmarked London 1822, 30mm, 6.40g (Grimshaw p.13, 52, this piece; D & W 240/189, this piece). Good very fine and toned, very rare; with clip and ring for suspension £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
LONDON, The Strand, Royal Society of Arts, Honorary Pallet, an oval copper specimen award, unsigned, legend in wreath, rev. scroll and brushes, un-named, 55 x 43mm, 49.48g (D & W 148/361; cf. Baldwin 81, 3245). Extremely fine, an original striking, un-pierced, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £80
ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, King William’s College, silver award medals by Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst (3), College arms, revs. wreath, named (Quarter [Mile], 57.2 Sec., H.W. Gregg, 1925; Sen. Cross Country, H.W. Gregg, 1925; 1926 Mile Open, 4M 49 Sec., H.W. Gregg), all hallmarked Birmingham 1926, 38mm, 23.18g, 23.26g, 23.16g [3]. Very fine and better, but remains of adhesive labels on reverses £100-150
Hammer Price: £300
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Circus Street School, 1806, an engraved silver Class of Honour star, unsigned, outer legend (Honour & Shame from no condition rises – Act well your part there all the honour lies), rev. named (No. 4, Jane Christian, admitted an Established Member after Seven Years’ Exemplary Conduct), 60mm, 12.87g. Very fine and very rare; with ring for suspension £90-120
Hammer Price: £90
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Circus Street School, 1816, an engraved silver Class of Honour star, unsigned, outer legend (Judge not my value from intrinsic worth – But from the motives which have given me birth) around (Presented 2nd January 1816 by C.S.S.C.H. in token of their Gratitude for his unremitted attention to their welfare), rev. named (To Mr B. Baldwin 13 Years Master of Circus Street Free School…one of the first promoters of the Class of Honour attached to it, 23rd Octr. 1806),...
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Eton, Eton College, Duke of Newcastle Medal, 1833, a copper specimen medal by W. Wyon, bust of Henry Pelham right, rev. legend in wreath, edge un-named, 36mm, 27.58g (BHM 1646; MJP p.39; cf. DNW M7, 2231); Earl of Strafford Prize for Shakespeare, 1881, a copper specimen medal, unsigned [by L.C. Wyon], bust of William Shakespeare three-quarters left, rev. legend in and around a border of stars, 44mm, 34.76g (MJP p.39; cf. Bonhams 13.xii.2012, 536) [2]. Extremely fine and...
Hammer Price: £360
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Eton, Eton College, Fencing Prize, an artist’s proof in white metal for a medal by F. Bowcher, arms over crossed foils, rev. classically draped students pay homage to seated female, indication of award details inked in (First Prize, 1920, Name), 63mm, 112.01g; Henry VI Prize, a silver medal by J. Pinches for Johnson Walker & Tolhurst, statue of Henry VI dividing two shields of arms, rev. representation of the coronation of the Virgin from the College seal, plinth engraved...
Hammer Price: £60
DERBYSHIRE, Spinkhill, Mount St Mary’s College, c. 1850, a silver medal, unsigned, Madonna enthroned, rev. south elevation of the School, 55mm, 77.69g (Taylor 151a, this piece, recté 55mm). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £160
DEVON, Exeter, Mr Gould’s Seminary, 1823, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, legend, named (Obtained by Mastr. Webb), rev. engraved (Declamation, December 1823), hallmarked jh London, 31mm, 4.52g (cf. Noble II, 989). Good very fine, very rare £80-100
DEVON, Paignton, Paignton School, an engraved silver Maltese Cross-shaped award by T.H. Stone, Exeter, Garter inscribed palmam qui meruit ferat, centre engraved (Paignton School, 1st Prize, B. Tucker, Christmas 1865), back hallmarked Exeter 1865, 54mm, 16.03g. Very fine and extremely rare; with clip and ring for suspension £80-100
HERTFORDSHIRE, Old Hall Green [Ware], St Edmund’s College, silver medals by P. Wyon for H. & L., façade of the College, revs. allegorical figures of Learning and Religion standing in front of the College buildings, both 52mm, 54.61g, 48.82g (BHM 602; Taylor 60a) [2]. First about very fine, second about extremely fine; both with small piercings for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Liverpool Royal Institution, a silver award medal by T. Wyon, helmeted bust of Minerva right, liver bird on helmet, rev. wreath, named (55, J. Fearon), 38mm, 30.18g (W 2656; D & W 145/337). Some grazes in obverse field, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £200
LINCOLNSHIRE, Gainsborough, Gainsborough Academy, 1800, an engraved silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, legend (Monthly Preceptor No. 7), rev. named (Henry Smith of Gainsborough Academy, Aged 14, AD 1800), 34mm, 6.41g. Very fine and toned, very rare, the date seemingly added later; pierced for suspension, with ring and original faded ribbon £80-100
LONDON, Aldersgate, Aldersgate School of Medicine, silver award medals by T. Halliday (2), both Session 1842-3, legend (…Presented by Mr Holthouse; …Practice of Surgery), revs. wreath, named (1st Prize in Practical Anatomy Awarded to Mr S. Bowden, Plymouth…; Presented by F.C. Skey, Esq, F.R.S., to Mr S. Bowden, Plymouth), both 51mm, 45.38g, 45.67g [2]. About extremely fine, toned £80-100
LONDON, Dowgate, Bridge, Candlewick and Dowgate Wards Charity Schools, an engraved silver Reward of Good Conduct medal by W. Sharp, legend, rev. named (…Good Conduct and an excitement to Emulation given to Rd. Nicholls), hallmarked London 1824, 39mm, 13.71g. Very fine, rare; grained border, integral suspension loop £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Marker’s medals by L. Pingo (2), specimens in silver and copper, crowned bust of Edward VI right, revs. open bible, edges un-named, both 35mm, 13.89g, 15.51g (Eimer 66a; MI I, 61/16; E 29; Grimshaw p.32, no.90) [2]. Extremely fine £80-100
LONDON, Piccadilly, Royal Academy, British School, a uniface oval pallet-shaped gilt-copper ticket, c. 1800, Prince of Wales’ feathers, back engraved 126, 53 x 43mm, 21.82g (D & W 146/349; MG 1095). Very fine and very rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
MIDDLESEX, Isleworth, Mrs Pincutt and Miss Hobbs’ Establishment, an engraved silver Music Prize by C. Rawlings, legend, rev. harp, hallmarked London 1828, 41mm, 14.95g. Very fine and toned, very rare; with fixed loop for suspension £80-100
YORKSHIRE, Aberford, Filbert Grove Academy, a silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, legend around wreath, centre engraved (J.H., Aged 14, 1807), rev. legend below bee-hive, 35mm, 18.22g. About very fine, extremely rare; pierced for suspension and worthy of further research £80-100
YORKSHIRE, Leeds, University of Leeds, John Hunter Medal (Est. 1831), a silver award by B. Wyon, bust right, rev. legend around wreath, chemia in centre, edge named (Edwardus Joy in Chemia Præstans, A.D. 1840), 51mm, 59.46g (D & W 238/277 obv.; cf. DNW M7, 2099). About extremely fine, grey tone, rare £80-100
Co ANTRIM, Belfast, Belfast Academical Institution, 1810, a silver medal by Younge & Deakin, legend in four lines under scroll, named (M. McKay), rev. seated robed female placing wreath over the head of a boy who holds an open book, building in background, 48mm, 50.59g (Grimshaw p.46; cf. E 1013; MG 928; cf. DNW 138, 443). Somewhat scuffed and with suspension removed, otherwise about very fine, rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Liverpool Corporation North School, a plain silver award for Punctuality and Diligence, unsigned, applied liver bird, engraved (Decr XXII mdccclxii), rev. wreath, named (Presented by R.C. Gardner Esqre Mayor, to John Taylor), 46mm, 45.90g. About extremely fine and toned, rare; with straight swivel bar suspension and original maroon ribbon £70-90
LONDON, Blackfriars, Miss Hannah Pickering’s Music School, an engraved silver award medal by J. Jackson, named (To Miss Ridley for her attention in Music), rev. engraved (Logiers System 853) above branches, hallmarked London 1821, 33mm, 15.48g (Grimshaw p.12, no. 44, this piece). Very fine; with clip and ring for suspension £70-90
Hammer Price: £190
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Amicable Society of Blues, an oval silver-gilt award badge, signed I.A., bust of Edward VI three-quarters left on stippled background, rev. old man seated left, attended by his three sons, all in classical attire, exergue named (Ernest Charles Laney 1924, President 1937), 60 x 43mm, 49.06g (MI I, 62/18; cf. W 2109; cf. D & W 151/387). Good very fine; scrolled suspender, original blue ribbon and clips for wearing £70-90
Co DURHAM/NORTHUMBERLAND, Durham/Newcastle-upon-Tyne, University of Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, College of Medicine, Session 1871 and 1872, a silver award cross for Surgery by C.J. Reid, Newcastle, caduceus flanked by cross and tower, rev. floral ornamentation, named (Lecturer, G.Y. Heath, M.D., Awarded to T.A. Dodd), 41mm, 37.55g. Good very fine, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
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