The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

ENGLAND, Putto with Roses, c. 1910, a bronze award plaque by F. Gill, naked boy walking right, holding a bunch of roses, birds flying in background, rev. vase of roses, un-named, 64 x 51mm, 90.50g. About extremely fine, charming style, rare; the only medallic work by this Manx artist seen by the cataloguer £40-£50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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The artist, by training a carpenter at Laxey on the Isle of Man, and whose watercolours of island life are well known, was later employed by Elder-Dempster Lines and the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Joining the merchant navy at the outbreak of World War I, he was killed when his ship, the SS Apapa, en route from Lagos to Liverpool, was torpedoed by the German submarine U 96 near Amlwch, Anglesey, on 28 November 1917.