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22 November 2023

Hammer Price:
£650

Trinidad , International Exposition, Paris, 1878, a silver medal by J.C. Chaplain, laureate head of Marianne left, rev. winged Fame holding wreath and trumpet, named (Docteur H. Prestoe) on tablet held by cherub, 68mm, 152.46g (BDM I, 402). Cleaned, otherwise extremely fine £600-£800

Stack’s Bowers Auction, 22 June 2021, lot 71077

H. Prestoe, born in Hampshire, England, was a botanist and curator the the Trinidad Botanic Gardens.