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1 June 1994
Jones, M., The Art of the Medal, London, 1979. l92pp., illustrated throughout. Original d/w, as new Now out of print
Hammer Price: £30
Niggl, P., Musiker Medaillen, Darmstadt, 1965. 268pp., 2,349 medals described. Copy no. 730 of 1500 printed, publisher's binding, as new, in slipcase
Hammer Price: £90
Rheims, M., La Midaille en France de Ponscarme á la fin de la Belle Époque, Paris, 1967. Catalogue of the French Mint Exhibition June/Sept. 1967). 173 ± xvii pp., illustrated throughout. A very fine copy, indispensable for those collecting Art Nouveau medals
Hammer Price: £40
Catalogue Général Illustre des Editions de la Monnaie de Paris, vol. III: La Troiskéme Republique(1870-1945), Paris, n.d. 'IA8pp., all medals illustrated. As new
A group of exhibition catalogues and magazines relating to medals, including the Henry Dropsy exhibition, 50 Ans de Médaille, 1964, and the David d'Angers exhibition, 1966. Publisher's bindings (14)
Hammer Price: £25
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Philip and Mary, State of England (1555), Æ, by Trezzo, half-length bust of Mary facing left, reverse Peace seated and partly kneeling on a cube whilst putting a torch to a pile of arms before a temple, cast and chased, 68mm (MI 72/20). Nearly extremely fine
Hammer Price: £120
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Mary, Queen of Scots,counter 1579, shield of France and Scotland impaled and crowned, reverse a vine with a withered branch and another in leaf being watered from Heaven, 28mm (MI 129/89); Assistance to the United Provinces 1585, Æ counter, Elizabeth I enthroned presents roses to two deputies from the Provinces, reverse two Spaniards eating hay from a manger, 31mm (MI 133/86); and Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588,cast copy, the Pope, kings, bishops and others...
Hammer Price: £190
Charles I (1625-1649), Royalist badge, in silver, by T. Rawlins, crowned bust right, reverse bust of Henrietta Maria left, 34 x 44mm (MI 354/215; E. 169). Evidence of mounting at 6 o'clock, otherwise about very fine, quite a pleasing cast
Charles I (1625-1649), Dutch fishery (1636), by Heinrich Reitz, the Younger, a brass cliche, busts of King and Queen conjoined to right, CAR ET MAR D G ANGL FRANC ET HIBER RR, 73mm (cf. MI 279/ 84). Pierced at top, fine
Hammer Price: £50
Charles I (1625-1649), AR counters for the Birth of Prince Charles 1630 (3), 29mm (MI 253/34[2]) and 30mm (MI 254/35); and a unifacecast copy of the obverse of a Charles I badge, 43 x 35mm (MI 355/216). Mostly very fine (4)
Hammer Price: £85
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, 1653, a cast silver-gilt later striking of the medal by T. Simon, reverse lion with arms, 39mm (MI 409/45; E. 188; Lessen, BNJ 1977, type 5), an average quality late 18th century cast, very fine; together with Coronation medals of George IV and Victoria, both in copper, very fine and better (3)
Hammer Price: £70
Charles II (1660-1685), Coronation, 1661, the official silver medal by T. Simon, crowned bust right, reverse King enthroned, 29mm (MI 472/76; E. 221). About extremely fine, toned
Hammer Price: £80
Charles II (1660-1685), Dominion of the Sea, 1665, silver medal by T. Simon, laureate long-haired bust right, reverse King as Neptune, being drawn over the sea in a naval carriage, the fleet behind, 27mm (MI 506/145; E. 232). No evidence of the usual reverse die flaw, very fine and toned, very rare Said to be the last medal executed by Thomas Simon, who died of the plague in 1665
Hammer Price: £300
Charles II (1660-1685), Peace of Breda (1667), by John Roettier, undraped laureate bust facing right, reverse Britannia, seated with spear and shield, surveying her navy, 56mm (MI 535/186). Some marks, edge knock between 11 and 12 o'clock on rev, and sometime cleaned, otherwise extremely fine
Hammer Price: £180
Charles II (1660-1685), Earl of Lauderdale, Secretary of State, created Duke of Lauderdale, 1672, by John Roettier, right facing bust in Roman costume, reverse Minerva seated holding spear in one hand and the Duke's helm in the other, with his armorial bearings at her side, 63mm (MI 550/208). Traces of two die flaws on obverse and sometime cleaned, otherwise extremely fine
Hammer Price: £360
William III (1694-1702), William III, King and Constitution, 1690, silver medal by W. Mossop (c. 1790), laureate bust of William III facing left, reverse arms within Garter, crowned and with supporters, 33mm, pierced at top and with chain for suspension; Charles, Duke of Marlborough, 1742, Æ medal by J. Dassier, right facing bust, reverse inscription, 54mm (MI 568/202); and Defeat of Sultan Tipoo, 1792, Æ medal by C. H. Küchler, left facing bust of Marquis Cornwallis, reverse Cornwallis...
William and Mary (1689-1694), Mary, Death, 1694, by James and Norbert Roettier, silver, 50mm (MI 111/343). Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £110
William and Mary (1689-1694), Mary, Death, 1694, by James and Norbert Roettier, bronze, 50mm (MI 111/343). Extremely fine
Anne (1702-1714), Coronation, 1702, silver, 35mm (MI 228/4). Very fine
George I (1714-1727), George I, Escape of Princess Clementina from Innsbruck, 1719, bronze cast, 45mm (MI 444/49). Very fine
George I (1714-1727), Birth of Prince Charles, the Young Pretender, 1720, by 0. Hamerani, bronze, 41mm (MI 452/60). Very fine
James III, Appeal against the House of Hanover, 1721, bronze, 50mm (MI 454/63). Extremely fine
George II (1727-1760), George II, Coronation, 1727, by John Croker, silver, 34mm (MI 479/4) (800 struck). Extremely fine
George II (1727-1760), Prince Charles "III" for his 11th Birthday (1731), reverse Henry Duke of York, by 0. Hamerani, bronze, 41mm (MI 492/34, Woolf. 43.1). Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £75
George II (1727-1760), Henry Jernegan, Lottery medal, 1736, by John Tanner, silver, 37mm (MI 72/517). Very fine
£40–£50
George II (1727-1760), Sir Andrew Fountaine, Portrait, 1744, by J. A. Dassier, bronze, 55mm (MI 590/236). Extremely fine
George II (1727-1760), Charles, Prince of Lorraine, Recapture of Prague, 1744, unsigned but by J. Kirk, bronze, 42mm (MI 592/238). Extremely fine
George II (1727-1760), Recapture of Prague, 1744, by John Kirk, obverse Prince Charles of Lorraine mounted, reverse view of battle outside Prague, bronze with heavy gilding, 42mm (MI 592/239). Extremely fine
George III (1760-1820), George III, William Beckford, 1770, silver medal [by J. Kirk], bust right, reverse Justice holding scales and cap of Liberty, 35mm (BHM 142). Very fine, extremely rare in silver; ex O'Byrne collection
£60–£80
George III (1760-1820), Battle of the Glorious 1st ofJune 1794, silver medal by W. Wyon for Mudie, left facing bust of Earl Howe, reverse Neptune riding in a marine car, 41mm (BHM 387); Death of Charles James Fox, 1806, Æ medal by T. Webb, right facing bust of Fox, reverse an angel holding two wreaths standing on a globe, 54mm (BHM 604); Art Union of London, 1854, Æ medal by H. Weighall, left facing bust ofJohn Flaxman, reverse Mercury and Pandora flying left, 55mm (BHM 2530); and....
Hammer Price: £95
George III (1760-1820), Royal Institution, Pass, 1804, copper-gilt, oak-tree above crown, reverse named to J. Law, 29mm. Extremely fine and scarce
George III (1760-1820), George Cooke, 1805, bronze medal by T. Webb, bust right, reverse legend in wreath,54mm (BHM 570; E. 973). Very fine
£20–£40
George III (1760-1820), Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807, copper medal by T. Webb (BHM 627; E. 983),extremely fine; London Bridge Opened, 1831, copper medal by B. Wyon (BHM 1544;E. 1245), some marks, very fine; Art Union of London, copper medals (4), ofJoshua Reynolds,1845, William Hogarth, 1848, David Wilkie, 1861, and William Mulready, 1877 (E. 1399,1427, 1549, 1657), Wilkie fine, others extremely fine; Handel Centenary Festival, 1859, coppermedal by W. J. Taylor (E. 1527), some...
Hammer Price: £100
George III (1760-1820), Golden Jubilee, 1810, copper-gilt medal, uniformed bust of George III left, reverse Britannia attended by three infants holding a flaming heart, 48mm (BHM 686; E. 1007), 48mm. Nearly extremely fine; ex O'Byrne collection
George III (1760-1820), The Peace of Paris, 1814, silver medal, unsigned (by W. Wyon), reverse GRAND NATIONAL JUBILEE, etc., 45mm (DF 265.5), fine; Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, theofficial large silver medal, in case of issue; Battle ofJutland, 1916, large medals by Spink, in bronze and white metal (E. 1951a); together with France, Exposition Universelle, Paris,1878, large bronze medal by Oudiné, 86mm, these all very fine (5)
Hammer Price: £60
George III (1760-1820), Princess Charlotte, Death, 1817, by T. Webb, obverse bust right, reverse catafalque, silver, 55mm (BHM 941). Extremely fine but edge knock
£80–£120
George III (1760-1820), George III, John Ashby, stockbroker, c. 1820, copper, bull with features of Nathan Meyer Rothschild, reverse bear with features of Moses Mocatta, 35mm Jewish Museum Catalogue 1186). Nearly extremely fine, scarce
George IV (1820-1830), George IV, Forfarshire Constabulary, c. 1825, white metal pass, numbered 153, crowned monogram of George IV, reverse plain, 44mm. Holed, with part of the suspension loop still attached, nicks infield, very fine or better with some original colour still present
William IV (1830-1837), Henry Hunt, elected Member of Parliament for Preston, 1830, silver medal, inscription in wreath, reverse inscription in wreath detailing number of voters, etc., 29mm (BHM -; E. -). Good extremely fine, neatly holed at top, attractively toned and scarce
Victoria (1837-1901), Royal Exchange, laying of the foundation stone, 1842, copper medal by William Wyon, diademed bust of Queen Victoria left, reverse inscription, 45mm; Installation of Prince Albert as Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1847, copper medal, unsigned, his bust in Chancellor's robes left, reverse interior view of Senate House, 44mm. Both medals good extremely fine (2)
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