British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer

Art, Royal Academy of Arts, 1902, a matt silver award medal by T. Brock, bust of Edward VII right, rev. the torso Belvedere, edge named (Marjory Violet Watherston for a Painting of a Head from the Life, Dec. 10, 1904), 55mm (BHM –; E 1862); Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Makdougall Brisbane Prize, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (To Basil A. Pilkington…27 May 1912), 50mm [2]. Extremely fine; first in case of issue £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Marjory Violet Watherston, later Mrs Marjory Geare (1881-1969) was an official war artist and the first artist to paint the newly-opened Centre Court at Wimbledon in 1922