BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS FROM VARIOUS PROPERTIES 112
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
Wriothesley Sinclair (1818-40), gentleman, Pembroke College, Oxford, died of consumption in Kensington in June 1840, aged 22. He was named after the son of the then Duke of Bedford (the family then living in Woburn); his father was the Scottish horticulturist George Sinclair (1787-1834)
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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
£120-150 114 115
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
Provenance: DNW Auction M10, 15 March 2011, lot 1365 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
£80-100 116
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
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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
£200-300 118
Provenance: M. Longfield Collection Great Exhibition,Hyde Park, 1851, a copper medal by T. Ottley, Victoria and Albert in medallions vis-à-vis above
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; 6285472 Spr. A. Maylam, 1st Fieldworks, 180 Party, ‘C’ Coy. R.E.), 56mm (MJP p.72; E 1804; cf.DNWM4, 385); StMungo’s College, Glasgow, an oval bronze medal, unsigned [by D. Cunninghame], named (James M. Speirs, Materia Medica, Session 1916-17), 62 x 40mm (Brodie 634, 717); Birmingham Post Office Horticultural Society, a bronze award medal by Vaughton, named (Winner of Cup, 1928, Mr F. Anderson), 51mm [6]. Extremely fine; mostly in cases
£90-120
Provenance: M. Longfield Collection. Leslie Charles Bertram Deed (1884-1960), Capt 1914, Major 1922. Sold with further research
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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: John M. Arnot, Paper Manufacturer, 2nd Prize, 1891), all 51mm (E 1764); Department of Science and Art, Queen’s National Medal, 1897, award medals by F. Bowcher (3), in silver and bronze (2), named (silver: Albert Pitcher, Subject 10B & 23A, 1901; bronze: Elizabeth Morris, Subject 8B2, 1898; James John Purdey, Subjects 14-23C, 1898), all 51mm; City and Guilds of London Institute, 1901, award medals by L.C. Wyon for Pinches (2), silver and bronze, named (silver: George Henry Orton, Boot & Shoe Manufacture, 2nd Prize, 1908; bronze: Edward Aidan Murphy, Leather Tanning, 2nd Prize, 1904), both 51mm (E 1864) [11]. Extremely fine and better, good research potential; all but Brownlie medal in cases, mostly original
£140-180 Provenance: M. Longfield Collection All lots are illustrated on our website
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