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MIDDLESEX, Chiswick, Chiswick Collegiate Schools, a silver award medal by S. Blanckensee & Son, shield in ovoid cartouche, back un-named, hallmarked Birmingham 1900, 32mm, 15.73g. Good very fine; with clip, ring and silver suspender, original maroon ribbon £20-30
Hammer Price: £15
SURREY, Croydon, Whitgift Middle School, a bronze award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (C.H. Kippen, 100 Yards, 10-11 1921), 45mm, 35.05g; Selhurst Grammar School, a silver award medal by Fattorini, arms, back engraved (S.C. Back Race), hallmarked Birmingham 1934, 26mm, 8.06g; Tulse Hill, Strand School, a bronze award medal, frontal elevation of the School, rev. legend, un-named, 29mm, 12.08g [3]. Very fine to extremely fine; last two with clips and rings for suspension £30-50
Hammer Price: £35
SURREY, Guildford, Royal Grammar School, Merriman Memorial Medal, a white metal award by W.O. Lewis, bust of Revd. H.G. Merriman half-left, rev. cruciform shields, un-named, 70mm, 94.86g (cf. DNW M12, 246); SUSSEX, Lancing, Lancing College, Athletic Sports, a silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, arms, rev. wreath, named (F.W.K. Hanson, 2nd, Open 100 Yards, 1934), hallmarked Birmingham 1933, 38mm, 29.84g [2]. First with some surface spotting, otherwise very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £55
KENT, Dover, The Mayor’s Prize for Mathematics, 1884, a silver award medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon, arms of Dover and the Cinque Ports in trilobe, rev. legend in wreath (Presented by the College Council), edge named (Awarded to H.F. Mayes, Dover College), 48mm, 62.23g (cf. DNW M13, 1034); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Schoolchildren of Dover, a white metal medal by Heaton & Sons, veiled bust left, rev. presented…by w.h. crundall mayor, 38mm, 14.55g (W & E 2170E.1) [2]. Very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £100
LANCASHIRE, Leyland, Golden Hill School, a silver medal for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, 1887, by W.H. Watts, names of the founder and current Master and Mistress, rev. names of the eight trustees, 44mm, 38.00g (W & E p.100 [not seen]). Matt surfaces, extremely fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £30
LONDON, Bishopsgate, Foundation Stone of Bishopsgate Institute Laid, 1893, a silver medal by R. Neal, elevation of entrance gate tower, rev. legend, 39mm, 35.66g (Taylor 224a; Hawkins p.675). Extremely fine and attractively toned £40-60
Hammer Price: £50
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Hazelwood School, Edgbaston, brass medalets (3), 1822 (2), 1826, all unsigned, façade of building, revs. central tablet, one engraved 79, all 25mm, 6.47g, 6.97g, 7.25g (D & W 208/54, 55 var); copper 1,000 Point medalets (3), all 1822, similar, revs. 1,000 above scroll, engraved 88, 100 and 327, all 25mm, 6.44g, 6.46g, 6.20g (D & W 208/52); together with other minor Merit medalets (10), mostly brass and c. 12-14mm, all different (D & W 208/59, 208/60, 209/61 and...
Hammer Price: £80
CHESHIRE, West Kirby, Braeside Preparatory School, a silver Winning House award medalet, unsigned [by Vaughton], legend above tablet engraved 1922, rev. legend, un-named, 23mm, 7.25g; LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Collegiate Institution, Everton, silver Prize Medals by and after T. Ottley (2), elevation of the Institution, revs. shield in Garter, bishop’s mitre above, engraved (Penmanship; Freehand Drawing), different dies [second after T. Ottley], both un-named, 31mm, 14.72g, 13.36g (Taylor...
Hammer Price: £45
KENT, Ashford, Powers Commercial Academy, an engraved silver Reward for Best Spelling, 4th Class, unsigned, legend both sides, 26mm, 3.64g; Dover, James Temple, Cliff House School, St Margaret’s, brass Pennies (2, varieties), brass Halfpence (3, two varieties, one a duplicate), all façade of building, revs. legend around value, all 24mm, 5.05g, 3.59g, 5.25g, 5.03g, 4.80g (D & W 271/507-9; cf. DNW 134, 338) [6]. First extremely fine and toned, with clip and ring for suspension, others...
LEICESTERSHIRE, Loughborough, Loughborough College, award medals by A.C. Clark Co (2), in silver and bronze, arms and crest, revs. scrolled tablet, engraved (A.C. 1935, 220 Yards, Winner, A.J. Douglas; A.C. 1935, Putting the Weight, Second, A.J. Douglas), former hallmarked Birmingham 1935, both 38mm, 27.06g, 25.59g; WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Deritend & Bordesley Sunday Schools, a brass Merit award medal, unsigned, elevation of a church, rev. legend, 38mm, 19.08g (cf. D & W 207/39); Coventry,...
LONDON, London Wall, Worshipful Company of Carpenters, a silver medal, unsigned [after J. Milton], arms in wreath, rev. legend in wreath, named (Thomas Lane, Trades Training School, 1917-18), 54mm, 64.10g (Garnett –; W –; D & W –; cf. Baldwin 69, 309). About extremely fine, toned £50-70
Hammer Price: £160
LONDON, Queen Victoria Street, City of London School, Arithmetical Prize, 1845, a silver award medal by B. Wyon, frontal elevation of the school building [from the 1834 Foundation medal], rev. arms of Warren Stormes Hale, 58mm, 74.57g (BHM 1680 obv.; E 1279 obv.; Taylor 120a obv.; D & W 245/328 obv.). Small obverse rim bruise at 10 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £50-70
Hammer Price: £320
WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, King Edward’s Grammar School, a silver award medal, unsigned, bust of Edward VI three-quarters right, in cap and robes, rev. wreath, named (Won by J.W. Moore for 1 Mile Race, Birmingham June 1870), 37mm, 27.99g; a silver award badge, unsigned, similar, back named (1885, 10 Lengths, J.A. Berlyn, 1st Prize), 38mm, 16.77g [2]. Extremely fine, toned; first with clip and ring for suspension, second with original ribbon and silver suspender bar £50-70
Hammer Price: £65
WARWICKSHIRE, Leamington Spa, Leamington College, The Beaumont Medal for Literature, Science and Art, a silver award, unsigned, castellated tower over shield of arms, rev. central quadrilobe, named (H.G. Maud, July 1884), 58mm, 80.96g. Very fine £50-70
SCOTLAND, Uncertain location, an engraved silver award medal, uncertain maker’s mark, (Alexr. Adams, Teacher), rev. named (T. Brown, Dux, 1st Reading Class, 1839), Edinburgh hallmarks, 37mm, 9.55g. Very fine, research potential; scroll border, clip and ring for suspension £50-70
LONDON, Bishopsgate, St Botolph’s Church, Sir Paul Pindar, 1756, an openwork uniface brass badge, crude facing bust, 34mm, 12.51g. Fine, very rare; worthy of further research £50-80
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
Hammer Price: £110
ESSEX, Colchester, Colchester Royal Grammar School, the Earl of Dartmouth’s silver award medal by B. Wyon, Dartmouth arms and supporters, rev. legend in wreath, named (Herb. Edv. Chapman), 41mm, 42.16g. Virtually as struck and deeply toned, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
Hammer Price: £95
KENT, Deal, St Ethelburga School, a silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, reward of merit in wreath, rev. engraved legend, 34mm, 13.24g. Very fine, rare; pierced for suspension, with ring £60-80
Hammer Price: £140
LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, South Corporation School, a silver award medal, unsigned, student seated at desk, rev. engraved (Presented by John Farnworth Esq, Mayor of Liverpool, To Lewis Smith For Good Conduct, Punctuality & Cleanliness, 18 June 1866), 44mm, 31.46g. Extremely fine, obverse dark-toned, rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £75
LANCASHIRE, Oldham, Highfield Academy, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, legend, rev. named (Highest Prize Presented to Miss S.H. Wallwork by W.S. Binns, Principal, June 19 1873), 53mm, 46.95g. Good very fine, toned; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
LINCOLNSHIRE, Grimsby, Grimsby Municipal College, a bronze award medal, unsigned, arms, rev. wreath, named (440 Yds Handicap (Under 14), F. Brannam, 69 1/5 Secs., 1923), 39mm, 30.41g; YORKSHIRE, Hull, Tercentenary of the Birth of Andrew Marvell, 1921, a silver medal by T. Sheppard for J.A. Restall, bust three-quarters right, rev. façade of the Old Grammar School, hallmarked Birmingham 1920, 45mm, 41.20g (BHM 4160; E 1972; Yorkshire NS Transactions, vol. II, p.205) [2]. Mint state, latter...
Hammer Price: £120
MIDDLESEX, [New] Hampton, Ashleigh House School for Young Ladies, a silver award medal, unsigned, legend (From the Reverend Alex. J.D. D’Orsey, B.D. Camb. K.C.C., Professor K.C.L.), rev. wreath, named (To Mary M. Fagan, for History, Composition, Elocution & Astronomy…1885), 45mm, 30.84g. Extremely fine and toned, very rare £60-80
STAFFORDSHIRE, Wolverhampton, Centenary of Sedgley Park School, 1863, a silver medal, unsigned, frontal elevation of the School with wing buildings improved, rev. legends within and around quadrilobe, 43mm, 42.93g (Taylor 44b obv.; D & W 272/517). Extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £60-80
SUFFOLK, Framlingham, Framlingham College, an oval silver Goldsmith Medal, 1867, unsigned, façade of the College, rev. crest and motto above date, 28 x 22mm, 10.35g (cf. DNW 28, 812). Extremely fine and toned, rare; in maroon fitted case of issue by J. Henry Watherston, Jeweller, Goldsmith & Silversmith, 42 Old Bond St, London W £60-80
YORKSHIRE, Doncaster, Thorne Grammar School, an engraved silver award medal by C. Boyton II, legend (1st Prize Xmas 1878, the Gift of Mr. Wm. Rollett Sent.), rev. un-named, hallmarked London 1878, 50mm, 25.92g. About extremely fine; with scroll border, clip and ring for suspension £60-80
LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, St James’s School, 1840, a silver engraved award medal, unsigned, legend, rev. named (To Mr John Steven, For Improvement in Arithmetic), 36mm, 10.11g. Tiny rim nick on obverse at 4 o’clock, otherwise good very fine and toned, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Burgh School of Canongate, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, named (Presented by Jas. Lewis Esqr to John Lindsay for Good Scholarship), rev. (29th July 1858, J. Stormonth, Head Master), stamped rt, 51mm, 32.97g. Some discolouration, otherwise very fine; with thistle suspender and ring £60-80
ISLE OF LEWIS, Stornoway, Free Church School, an engraved silver Dux’s Medal, Session 1870-71, unsigned, legend, rev. named (Awarded to George Stephen, March 1871), 38mm, 4.87g. Very fine and very rare £60-80
Co ANTRIM, Belfast, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, 1810, a copper medal by T.W. Ingram, legend in five lines under scroll, rev. seated robed female placing wreath over the head of a boy who holds an open book, building in background, un-named, 48mm, 51.16g (Grimshaw p.46; E 1013; cf. DNW M5, 1013). Scratch in reverse field, otherwise very fine £60-80
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
Hammer Price: £85
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
Hammer Price: £60
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...
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
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
Hammer Price: £220
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
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