Irish Historical Medals from the Collection formed by the late Barry Woodside
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Sir Charles Giesecke, 1817, a copper medal by W. Mossop for the Dublin Society, bust right, rev. polar bear on ice floe, 43mm (BHM 953; BDM IV, 172; cf. DNW 172, 314). Fine, extremely rare
£150-£200
George IV, Visit to Ireland, 1821, white metal medals by T. Halliday (2), 49 and 32mm (BHM 1121, 1123), and a brass medal by W. Woodhouse, 25mm (BHM 1136); Royal Installation of the Knights of St Patrick, Dublin, 1821, a white metal medal by I. Parkes, 45mm (BHM 1173); Second good very fine and pierced for suspension, others in varied state £60-£80
745
Daniel O’Connell Elected MP for Co Clare, 1828, a brass medal by W. Woodhouse, 26mm (BHM 1326); Repeal of the Union, 1841, medals (2), both unsigned, in copper, 35mm (BHM 2022), in brass, 22mm (BHM 2023); Death of Daniel O’Connell, 1847, medals (2), by Allen & Moore in copper, 38mm (BHM 2273), in brass, unsigned, 29mm (BHM 2282); Centenary of the Birth of Daniel O’Connell, 1875, medals (3), in white metal (2), by W.T. Parkes, 42mm (BHM 3011), by W. Woodhouse, 34mm (BHM 3013), in brass, unsigned, 26mm (BHM 3014); Catholic Emancipation Centenary, Cork, 1929, a white metal medal, unsigned, 29mm [9]. Fine to very fine, BHM 3011 with original suspension and decorated ribbon, a good group of O’Connell-related material, some very rare
£200-£300 746
Total Abstinence Society of Ireland, Cork, 1838, medals by J. Jones (2), in silver and white metal, former un-named, both 43mm (Frazer p.321; Went, Heritage 125; BDM III, 82); Church of Ireland Temperance Society, a white metal medal by Keesey, 35mm; The Synod at Thurles, 1850, a copper medal, unsigned, 34mm; Church of Ireland Young Men’s Christian Association, Dublin, bronze award medals (2), both unsigned, un-named, 43 and 21mm; 2nd Congress of the Scotch-Irish Society of America, 1890, a gilt-bronze medal by J.E. Caldwell, 25mm; Belfast Musical Competitions, a bronze award medal, unsigned, un-named, 35mm; Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Shamrock III America Cup, 1903, a bronze medalet, 19mm; Royal Dublin Society Centenary, 1931, an enamelled Members’ badge, named (M. Anderson), 28 x 20mm; Dublin Eucharistic Congress, 1932, brass medals (2), both unsigned, 26 and 25mm; together with other religious medals (2) [14]. Second fair, others generally very fine, some better
£120-£150 747
Moate Agricultural Society, 1840, a copper award medal, unsigned, un-named, 39mm; Gowran Farming Society, a copper award medal by Parkes, un-named, 43mm; Imokilly & Barrymore Farming Society, a copper award medal by Parkes, un-named, 51mm; Kells Union Farming Society, copper award medals by Parkes (2), both un-named, 47 and 39mm; Wicklow Farming Society, copper award medals by Parkes (2), both un-named, 51 and 43mm [7]. Very fine, but some stained
£150-£200 748
Fermanagh Farming Society, a copper award medal by Parkes, named (To Henry M. Richardson of Rossfad, for the best Two Heifers Calved, 27th Sept. 1842), 42mm; Callan Union Farming Society, a copper award medal by Parkes, named (To The Marchioness of Ormond, For the second best Yearling Heifer, 1845), 35mm; Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, a silver award medal, named (To Samuel Hill, Ballylough, for The Best Tillage Farm, 1851), 43mm; County Carlow Agricultural Society, a copper award medal, unsigned, named (1st Class, Sir T.P. Butler, Ballintemple, Tullow, 2nd Best Root Crop, 1864), 42mm; Lismore Farming Society, a silver award medal by Ottley, named (Awarded to W.S. Hunt, Esq, Drumdiah House, Best Border Leicester Ram, 1875), 47mm; Ballinasloe District Agricultural Society, bronze award medals (2), former by Woodhouse, named (John Pollok, Best One Shear Ram, 1st Class, 1883; John Jennings, for Best Kept & Cultivated Farm House Offices & Roads, 3rd Class, 1884), both 50mm [7]. Fine to very fine, but third removed from brooch mount
£200-£300
Henry Mervyn Richardson, DL (1808-82), Rossfad, co Fermanagh; Frances Jane Paget, 2nd Marchioness of Ormonde (1817-1903), daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, who served in the Peninsula War as second-in-command to the Duke of Wellington; Samuel L. Hill, Ballylough Beg, co Antrim; Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, 10th Bt (1836-1909), Ballintemple, co Carlow; William Stopford Hunt (1842-1928), Dromdihy House, co Cork, was a well-known Irish cricketer
749
Victoria, Visit to Ireland, 1849, brass medalets (2), both unsigned, 24 and 22mm (W & E 568A.1, –; BHM 2339, –); Victoria, Visit to Ireland, 1900, medals (2), in white metal by the Birmingham Mint, 39mm (W & E 1887A.1), and in bronze by F. Bowcher for Spink, 39mm (W & E 1893A.2; BHM 3662; E 1840); Victoria, Visit to Dublin, 1900, a white metal medal, unsigned, 32mm (W & E 1898A.1); Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, Belfast, counties Antrim and Down, a bronze medal by L.-C. Lauer, 34mm (W & E 4385C.1); Edward VII, Visit to Ireland, 1903, medals (4), by J. Carter in white metal, 39mm (W & E 4855A.1), by Spink in brass, 32mm (W & E 4856A.1; BHM 3884), and by L.-C. Lauer, in gilt-bronze (2), both 19mm (W & E 4858A.1); George V, Coronation, 1911, Belfast, a bronze medal by W.J. Dingley for Neill, 26mm (W & E 5065E.2); George V, Coronation, 1911, Ireland, brass medals signed H.W.S. (2), both 33mm (W & E 5150B.1); George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, City of Belfast, an aluminium medal by Fattorini, 32mm (W & E 5682G.1); George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, Co Armagh Education Committee, a gilt-bronze medal by A. Fenwick, 24mm (W & E 5692C.2) [15]. BHM 3662 extremely fine, others generally very fine
£70-£90
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