British Historical Medals from Various Properties
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Death of George Whitefield, 1770, a gilt medal signed C.W., draped bust three-quarters right, rev. legend in 11 lines, THE FUNERAL SERMON PREACHD BY THE REV. IOHN WESTLY, etc, 31mm (BHM 150). Very fine, extremely rare
£100-£150 Neptune riding right in marine car, 41mm (BHM 387; E 856). Extremely fine
Provenance: Baldwin Auction 56, 7 May 2008, lot 3024 Naval Victory of 1 June 1794, a copper medal by W. Wyon for J. Mudie, uniformed bust of Earl Howe right, rev.
£80-£100
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London Missionary Society, 1796, a white metal medal, unsigned, ship in full sail to left, rev. WITH MISSIONARIES TO THE SOUTH SEAS FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE HEATHENS, 38mm (BHM 416; MH 449a; E 875). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £200-£300
Provenance: R. Lyall Collection [bt 1987].
Following reports of the inhabitants of Tahiti and other islands in the South Seas by Capt. Cook, among others, the London Missionary Society, which was formed in 1795, funded the purchase of a ship, Duff, placed under the command of Capt. James Wilson. Wilson, his crew and a party of missionaries sailed on 10 August 1796, via the Cape of Good Hope, reaching Tahiti in 1797, where a missionary station was established. Similar stations were set up in Tonga and on the Marquesas; the Duff returned to London in July 1798. Unfortunately a second voyage, in December 1799, taking more missionaries to Tahiti, met with disaster when the ship was captured by a French privateer, landed at Montevideo and sold
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Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 5 February 2011, lot 263 Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797, a copper medal by J.G. Hancock and P. Kempson, uniformed bust of Admiral Jervis
left, rev. mournful Hispania on shore, naval action beyond, 49mm (BHM 435; E 881). Minor contact marks, otherwise about extremely fine
£120-£150 1184 1185 1186
Sir Sidney Smith, 1805, a copper medal by T. Webb, 54mm (BHM 573; E 971); Opening of London Bridge, 1831, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, 51mm (BHM 1544; E 1245; Taylor 102a) [2]. About extremely fine
£120-£150
Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 5 February 2011, lot 266 Death of Lord Nelson, 1805, a white metal medal by P. Wyon for J. Bissett, seaman standing by tomb, rev. Britannia
and Neptune seated, 51mm (BHM 579; E 958). Good very fine £100-£120
Death of Charles James Fox, 1806, medals (2), in copper, unsigned [by T. Webb], 54mm (BHM 605), in white metal, by P. Wyon, 53mm (BHM 608); George III, Golden Jubilee, 1810, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, 49mm (BHM 680); Dudding Hill Horticultural Show, 1911, a bronze award medal by Ottley, named (W. Arkill, for Best Show of Vegetables), 44mm; Universal Cookery & Food Exhibition, 1922, a bronze medal by Restall, 39mm [5]. Varied state; last two cased [one case damaged]
£100-£150 1187
Mudie’s National Medals, 1820, a set of 40 copper medals by various artists, struck by E. Thomason for J. Mudie, covering events from Admiral Duncan Victory at Camperdown, 1797, to the Ionian Islands, 1817 (BHM 387, 432, 438, 476, 504, 509, 567, 595, 635, 637, 666, 671, 673, 713, 718, 727, 730, 735, 756, 760, 761, 765, 769, 776, 777, 789, 825, 854, 859, 867, 868, 869, 871, 884, 889, 891, 892, 921, 933, 958) [40]. Extremely fine or better, an attractive set; uncased
£2,000-£3,000 1188
Mudie’s National Medals, 1820, 38 of the set of 40 copper medals by various artists, struck by E. Thomason for J. Mudie, covering events from Admiral Duncan Victory at Camperdown, 1797, to the Ionian Islands, 1817 (BHM 387, 432, 438, 476, 504, 509, 567, 635, 637, 666, 671, 673, 713, 718, 735, 756, 760, 761, 765, 769, 776, 777, 789, 825, 854, 859, 868, 867, 869, 871, 884, 889, 891, 892, 921, 933, 958); together with BHM 596 (Nelson) [38]. Good very fine to extremely fine; contained in the original double-layer gilt-tooled maroon case [this damaged], together with a small folio book, An Historical and Critical Account of a Grand series of National Medals, published under the direction of James Mudie, Esq., London, 1820, 151pp, 10 plates, and a 12-page Prospectus for the set
£2,000-£2,600 Laurence Brown suggested that BHM 596 was originally intended to be included in Mudie’s series of national medals
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