British, Italian and World Coins, Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a white metal medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, crowned bust left, rev. arms and supporters within double border of shields, 76mm (W & E 3475A.1; BHM 3511; E 1816); The Amateur Photographer, a large uniface cast bronze award plaque, unsigned, back named (V.F. Taylor), 83 x 80mm (Simmons FPL 13, –; cf. DNW 61, 1281) [2]. About very fine, second with some corrosion on one edge £30-50

Provenance: E. Roehrs Collection [second from R. Brandon 1987].

Violet F. Taylor, a Jamaican photographer, was awarded this plaque for her exhibit of two images, Cactus and Noon, at a competition between colonial and overseas workers held at the Royal Photographic Society, London