A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman


Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 9 February 2002, lot 316 (part) 457 Visit to Ireland, 1900, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, similar, 38mm (BHM 3662). Extremely fine £30-£40


458 459


Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 23 November 2000, lot 301 (part) Visit to Ireland, 1900, white metal medals by the Birmingham Mint (2), veiled bust left, revs. legend, both 26mm [2].


Extremely fine £20-£30


N[ational] P[ost] O[ffice], Belfast, c. 1900, a lacquered bronze medalet, dove, rev. clasped hands, 22mm. Virtually as struck; with integral loop for suspension


£40-£50


Provenance: N.B. Spencer Collection, Noble Numismatics Auction 64 (Melbourne), 12-13 July 2000, lot 1613 (part); D.E. Litrenta Collection, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 1295


460


Hollymount Horse Show, 1900, a silver award medal, unsigned, two horses walking right, rev. wreath, named (For the Best Half Bred Sire, First Prize Class 2, awarded to H. Lindsey Fitzpatrick, D.L., Hollymount House, for his Chestnut Sire ‘Pajaro’), 44mm. Rim bruise on obverse at 4 o’clock, otherwise about very fine; with ring for suspension Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1200.


£100-£120


Heremon John Francis Headfort Lindsey Fitzpatrick (1860-1929); his first wife, Mary Georgiana Cecilia Katherine Lindsey (†November 1895) was a direct descendant of King James I. For another medal to this recipient see Baldwin FPL 1998 (25)


461 462 463


Provenance: DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 732 (part) Irish Dairy Association, an silver award medal, unsigned, cross of four armorial shields on background of shamrocks,


rev. dairy implements, shields below, un-named, 51mm. Extremely fine 1900), 44mm. Obverse rim nick at 9 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £40-£50


Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1241 Irish Fox Terrier Club, a silver award medal, unsigned, dog standing right, rev. wreath, named (Jim, Born 13th. Dec.


£80-£100


wreath, named (Architectural Class, won by Captn. A.W. Gelston, Winter Comptn., 1900), 51mm. Extremely fine and lightly toned, rare


£80-£100 464 facing, rev. legend, named (Awarded to R. Herbert Shaw, 1901), 38mm. Extremely fine and deeply toned, scarce 465 466


Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auctrion M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1015 Ulster Amateur Photographic Society, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall, classical head right on rayed sun, rev.


Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1116 St Stephen’s Green School, Dublin, James Robertson Medal for English Essay, a silver award, unsigned, bearded bust


£80-£100 Stallion, Messrs. Slocock, Carlow, Bay H. Hatcham Green), hallmarked Birmingham 1901, 38mm. Very fine £40-£60


Provenance: DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 1317 (part) County Carlow Agricultural Society, a silver award medal, legend in wreath, rev. named (Class 3, Best Thoroughbred


Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Aucrtion M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1045 Catholic University School of Medicine, Dublin, a silver award medal by E. Johnson, arms in quadrilobe, rev. wreath,


named (Medal in Medical Jurisprudence Awarded to Miss M.K. Gibson, 1902), hallmarked JF Birmingham 1902, 47mm. Several rim nicks and some scuffing, otherwise very fine


£80-£100 467 shamrocks, named (Field Trial Cup, 1902, won by G.H. Cheetham’s ‘Big Ranger’), 51mm. About extremely fine 468 469 470


Provenance: J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1242 I[rish] K[ennel] A[ssociation], a silver award medal, unsigned, monogram and banner, rev. crowned harp and wreath of


£100-£120 County Agricultural Society 1902 and won by Mr A. J. Owens Mellibus 5th (19481), 45mm. Extremely fine sceptre, rev. harp on shield, 32mm (BHM 3883). Extremely fine


Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 7 June 2003, lot 367 (part) Irish Polled Aberdeen Angus Association, a silver award medal, bull facing left, rev. named (Presented to the Queens


£50-£70


Provenance: Hans Schulman Auction (New York), 3-4 April 1959, lot 720; bt D. Fearon January 2007 Visit of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, 1903, a silver medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, facing crowned bust holding


£80-£100


Provenance: Bt D. Fearon October 2003 Visit of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, 1903, a silver medalet, conjoined busts, radiating crown above, rev.


Hibernia stands with British and Irish shields, shamrocks to left, 20mm. Seemingly unpublished, small suspension loop, extremely fine


£40-£60 471


Prize Hunter Geldings up to 13 to 14 Stone 5yrs old or over, Class 11, won by Ernest Bellaney, Esq, for ‘Plum’ Horse Show, 1904), 51mm. A little scuffed, nearly extremely fine


£30-£40 472


Provenance: DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 732 (part) Royal Dublin Society, a silver award medal, Hibernia seated with cornucopia and harp, rev. laurel wreath, named (1st


Royal Dublin Society, silver award medals (2), named (1st Prize, Three-Yrs-Old Fillies, Class 28, won by James Milling for ‘First Violet’, Horse Show, 1904; Horse Show, 1923, Class 18, Hunter Gelding, 1st Prize Awarded to James Milling for ‘Cahirciveen’), both 51mm; Royal Dublin Society, oval silver award medal after Mossop, named (Horse Show 1949, Class 21, Hunter Mare, First Prize Awarded to Mrs G. Reddy, for ‘Antonia Margherita’), 57 x 47mm [3]. First brilliant and practically as struck, others very fine; first two in fitted cases of issue Provenance: DNW Auction 57, 19 March 2003, lot 1320


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