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Battle of Culloden, 1746, medals (3), in silver by J.H. Wolff, 42mm (Woolf 55.5; MI II, 609/271; E 606), in copper by R. Yeo, 51mm (Woolf 55.2; MI II, 613/278; E 604), and in pinchbeck, unsigned, 42mm (Woolf 55.7; MI II, 612/277; E 605); TREATY of Aix-La-CHAPELLE, 1748, a copper medal, unsigned [by C.N. or J.C. Roettiers], 41mm (Woolf 59.2; MI II, 600/251; E 595a); together with other Jacobite-related medals, etc (10, one in silver), four relating to the recapture of Carlisle [14]. Varied...
Hammer Price: £650
TREATY of Aix-La-CHAPELLE, 1748, a silver medal by J.C. Marmé, Mars advancing right with sword and torch, rev. personification of the city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch standing facing with branch and cornucopiæ, city view and ramparts behind, 28mm, 6.65g (MI II, 649/349, footnote; v.L. XXVI, 269; Menadier 47). Good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £75
Free British Fishery Society Established, 1750, a silver medal by L. Koch, bust of Frederick, Prince of Wales right, rev. fishermen with nets and barrel, trawlers in background, 40mm, 24.97g (MI II, 659/365; E 629). Good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £190
The Arts Protected, 1760, a silver medal by T. Pingo for the Society Promoting Arts & Commerce, laureate bust of George III left, rev. King clasping hand of kneeling female attended by three children, 39mm, 26.52g (Eimer 21; BHM 10; E 685). About extremely fine but the obverse perhaps artificially blackened, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £170
Death of the Duke of Cumberland, 1765, a copper medal by J. van Nost, armoured and draped bust right, rev. tomb flanked by Britannia and Cupid, 38mm (BHM 91; E 709). Nearly extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £140
Repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766, a copper medal by J. Westwood Sr, bust of William Pitt left, rev. inscription in seven lines, 40mm (cf. BHM 100; cf. E 713; Betts 517). Nearly extremely fine, with traces of original (?) gilding, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £320
Wit's Magazine, c. 1784, a silver award medal by Phillips, male kneeling before female who presents him with a wreath, rev. lioness with human head and breasts to left, surrounded by a serpent, edge named (Geo. Ford. Mavor, Nat. Feb. 10 1790), 36mm (D & W 199/777; MG 1334; cf. DNW M12, 122). Some scuffing, otherwise about very fine, rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £120
Centenary of the Revolution, 1788, a silver medal, unsigned, laureate bust of William III right, rev. inscription within wreath, 33mm, 9.61g (Woolf 75:7; BHM 288; DH Middlesex 201). Good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £95
Lichfield Cathedral Repaired, 1788, a white metal medal by T. Wyon Sr and J. Ottley, 39mm (BHM 292); Walgherton Female Friendly Dividend Society [Inst. 1833], an oval copper pass, 44 x 36mm (Edge S41; D & W 195/749; cf. DNW 136, 1502); Victoria, Visit to Tamworth, 1843, a copper medal by J. Davis, 35mm (W & E 408.1; BHM 2091); Victoria, Visit to Wolverhampton, 1866, a brass medal by T. Pope, 28mm (W & E 1051.1; BHM 2854); Wolverhampton & Staffordshire Industrial Exhibition, 1884, a white...
Westminster Fire Office, a Director’s pass, in silver, perhaps by J. Schofield, portcullis with chains, plumes within coronet above, rev. named (Mr James Hastie, Director 1788 and 1789), partially hallmarked for London, 40mm, 31.21g (D & W 164/487). Very fine and very rare £400-500
£400–£500
Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned [by W. Dixon after W. Hackwood], chained slave kneeling right, rev. whatsoever ye would, etc, 33mm (DH Middlesex 235; BHM 269). Nearly extremely fine but stained on reverse, rare £500-600
£500–£600
Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a pewter (?) medal, unsigned [by W. Dixon after W. Hackwood], similar, 33mm (DH Middlesex 235; BHM 269). Very fine, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £180
Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned [by W. Dixon after W. Hackwood], similar, 33mm (DH Middlesex 235 bis III; BHM 269). Slave painted black [this a little rubbed], otherwise about very fine £360-400
£360–£400
Anti-Slavery Society, c. 1790, a white metal medal, unsigned [by W. Dixon after W. Hackwood], chained slave kneeling right, rev. toutes les choses donc que, etc, 33mm, 12.50g/12h (cf. DH Middlesex 233ff; cf. BHM 269; E 836 footnote). Very fine or better and very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £1,600
Calendar Medals (2), 1801, by P. Kempson, in brass, 1806, by Kempson & Kindon, in white metal, both 39mm (cf. Ackermann, The Medal 45, pp.38-9) [2]. Very fine and better £60-80
Broker’s badge, type 3, by J. Milton, c. 1801-30, crowned royal arms with supporters, rev. arms of the city of London, named (John Holloway), 41mm (Caldecott 3; Stainton 49; E 936; MG 1337). Small striking split at 7 o’clock, otherwise good very fine, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £380
Truro School, a silver award medal, first type, unsigned, sapling, exergue named (Petro Grubb, Digniori, 1802), rev. legend in six lines above wreath, 47mm (cf. Baldwin 93, 490). Some scuffing, otherwise about very fine, rare in silver; with loop for suspension £80-100
Hammer Price: £65
SIR SiDNEY SMITH, 1805, a copper medal by T. Webb, 54mm (BHM 573; E 971); James Watt, 1827, a copper medal by A.J. Stothard, 62mm (BHM 1261, recté 1827); Reform Bill Passed, 1832, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of London, 51mm (BHM 1603; E 1254) [3]. Very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £90
Death of Lord Nelson, 1805, a copper medal by T. Webb, undraped bust left, rev. Bellona advancing across the sea towards galleys to right, 53mm (Hardy 63; BHM 577; E 957; MH 507). Trifling marks in fields and on high points, otherwise extremely fine £100-150
Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807, a silver medal by T. Webb, bust of William Wilberforce right, rev. Britannia with Victory and other allegorical figures on plinth, 53mm (BHM 627; E 983; Roehrs 1692). Extremely fine or better, attractively toned £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,400
Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807, a copper medal by T. Webb, similar, 53mm (BHM 627; E 983). Rust marks on portrait, otherwise nearly extremely fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £400
Grand Select Lodge of Druids, a silver award medal by J. Emes, standing Druid, rev. wreath, named (Presented to Past Grand Deshons for presiding in the Chair from 19 May to 24 Novr. 1808), hallmarked London 1806, 43mm. Very fine; with loop for suspension £100-150
Capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon and Isle of France, 1809-10, a silver medal for the EIC, unsigned [Calcutta mint], sepoy standing with Union flag and musket, field gun behind and fleet at anchor in background, rev. Persian inscription, 49mm (BBM 34). Very fine and an original striking; with contemporary loop for suspension £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Mrs Edwards School, Peckham, 1811, an engraved silver award medal, named (S. Ayerst, First Class Prize Medal, Reward of Merit), 43mm, 9.15g (Grimshaw –). Pierced for suspension, good very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £360
Highland Society of Scotland, an oval silver engraved award medal by J. McKay, plough, rev. named (David Cunningham, 1812), hallmarked Edinburgh 1811, 63 x 41mm, 16.85g (cf. Brodie 86). Very fine and very rare; with integral loop and ring for suspension £150-200
Hammer Price: £420
Manchester Pitt Club, 1813, a silver medal by T. Wyon Jr, bust left, rev. allegory of Pitt rousing Genius to resist the demons of anarchy, 50mm (BHM 771; E 1039; D & W 166/501). Minor marks and rim nicks, otherwise good very fine £100-120
Hammer Price: £70
Wolverhampton Pitt Club, 1813, a silver medal by P. Wyon, bust left, rev. figure seated on rocks, holding a rudder, ship behind, 50mm (BHM 772; D & W 199/780). Nearly extremely fine; set in a silver ring for glazing and suspension [this slightly damaged and the lunettes missing] £100-120
Hammer Price: £110
Birmingham Pitt Club, 1814, a silver medal by T. Webb, bust of William Pitt left, rev. legend in wreath, 50mm (D & W 110/76; MG 1006; BHM 834). Good extremely fine with matt surfaces, set in silver band with glazed lunettes, clip and ring for suspension; housed in contemporary fitted case £100-150
Royal Bristol Volunteers, 1814, a silver medal, unsigned, city arms, rev. legend in 15 lines, 54 x 37mm, 15.03g (Hastings Irwin p.301; cf. Baldwin 69, 71). Very fine and toned; with integral loop for suspension £100-150
Hammer Price: £130
Sir Sidney Smith, President of the Society of Knights Liberators of the White Slaves in Africa, 1816, a copper medal by T. Webb for E. Thomason, bust right, no date below, rev. legend in wreath, 54mm (BHM 920). Extremely fine or better £200-300
Hammer Price: £300
Reading Lodge, No. 24, an oval silver engraved jewel by T. Streetin, open palm with heart in centre, below esto fidelis, back hallmarked London 1819, 60 x 50mm. A little dented, otherwise very fine £100-200
£100–£200
George III, Death, 1820, a copper medal after C.H. Küchler, 48mm (BHM 991; E 1121); together with a silver cliché of the obv. of the medal, also 48mm [2]. About extremely fine and better, second attractively set in glazed lunette with broad copper band; in contemporary maroon fitted cases £100-150
George IV, Accession, 1820, a uniface portrait cliché by F. Boileau, 86mm (BDM VII, 92; cf. DNW M10, 1160); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals, tokens, etc (20), including a medal of Charles I [21]. Varied state £50-70
George IV, Coronation, 1821, a copper medal by T. Webb, bust left, rev. imperial crown on plinth, 54mm (BHM 1094). Some verdigris, otherwise extremely fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £80
George IV, Visit to Scotland, 1822, a silver medal, unsigned, bust left, rev. badge of the Order of the Thistle within wreath, 34mm (BHM 1191). Good very fine, very rare in silver £100-150
Death of Lord Byron, 1824, a copper medal by T. Stothard for W. Pickering and W.H. Worthington, bust left, rev. lightning striking branches, 64mm (BHM 1231; E 1172); together with a lead medal for the same event [2]. First virtually as struck and in half of original turned wooden box, second about very fine £100-150
St Alban’s Lodge, No. 35, an oval silver-gilt Centenary Jewel, 1827, by B. Smith, named (Henry Lewis Robins), hallmarked London 1826, 65 x 45mm (Harris 511). Very fine; with loop for suspension £150-200
Death of the Duke of York, 1827, a copper medal by B. Pistrucci, bust right, rev. legend in 23 lines, 60mm (BHM 1283; E 1189). Tiny reverse rim nick, otherwise good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, a silver award medal, unsigned, college arms, rev. named (Gul. Christie...1831), hallmarked jr Edinburgh 1830, 50mm (Brodie –). Good very fine; with loop for suspension £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
Abolition of Slavery, 1834, a white metal medal by J. Davis, in commemoration of the extinction of colonial slavery, rev. slave stands with arms raised, 36mm (BHM 1667). Extremely fine, rare £1,000-1,200
Hammer Price: £800
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