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Medals Related To Canals and Shipping from the Stanley Holland Collection

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This collection was sold on 16 June 2010.

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Lot 142, 16 Jun 10

Opening of the Bridge of Dunkeld, 1808, a copper medal, unsigned, bridge, rev. legend in eight lines, 50mm (BHM 639; E 987; Brodie 242; Holland p.42); Grand Sunderland Bridge Lottery, 1816, white metal medals by T. Halliday (2), both 45mm (BHM 929, 930; E 1087 and variant); Opening of Victoria Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees, 1887, a white metal medal by Pinches, 36mm (W & E 2320A.1; BHM 3281; Holland p.42); together with a modern bronze medal for the S...

Sold for £55

Lot 143, 16 Jun 10

The Munificence of Viscount Dudley and Ward, 1817, a white metal medal, unsigned, bust right, rev. legend in wreath, 54mm (BHM 952); Death of the Earl of Bridgewater, 1829, a copper medal by Donadio, 41mm (BHM 1340; E 1209); Opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1864, a white metal medal by J. Moore for Payne & Thompson, 38mm (BHM 2826; Holland p.44), and a small silver medalet, 16mm, engraved ‘JE’; Completion of the New Trent Bridge, Not...

Lot 143, 16 Jun 10

Sold for £160

Lot 144, 16 Jun 10

Death of John Rennie, 1821, a bronze medal by W. Bain, bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 64mm (BHM 1162; E 1166/1152; Holland p.43). Excess cud of metal in field behind head, otherwise good very fine £90-120

Lot 144, 16 Jun 10

Sold for £65

Lot 145, 16 Jun 10

Gloucester & Berkeley Canal Completed, 1827, a copper medal by T. Halliday, ship sailing right, rev. legend in eight lines, 44mm (BHM 1316; E 1194; Holland p.35). Very fine £80-100

Lot 145, 16 Jun 10

Sold for £170

Lot 146, 16 Jun 10

Institution of Civil Engineers, Telford Medal, 1828, a silver-gilt award after W. Wyon, bust of Thomas Telford left, rev. Menai suspension bridge, edge named (Telford Premium 1872, William Bell, M. Inst. C.E.), 58mm (BHM 1328; E 1206; Holland p.43). Edge nicks and marks, about very fine £40-50

Sold for £95

Lot 147, 16 Jun 10

Institution of Civil Engineers, Telford Medal, 1828, a silver-gilt award after W. Wyon, similar, edge named (Telford Premium 1881, Theophilus Seyrig, M. Inst. C.E.), 58mm (BHM 1328; E 1206; Holland p.43). Test mark in reverse field, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, attractively toned; in official blue Wyon velvet-lined case of issue £100-150

Lot 147, 16 Jun 10

Sold for £140

Lot 148, 16 Jun 10

Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1830, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, train steaming across viaduct in rural landscape, rev. arched entrance to Liverpool station within steep cuttings, 48mm (BHM 1458; E 1223; Moyaux 4; Holland p.40; cf. Swan 44); Freeing of the Toll Bridge, Gainsborough, 1932, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm; Opening of the Mersey Tunnel, 1934, a white metal medal by T. Fattorini, 32mm, and a uniface bron...

Lot 148, 16 Jun 10

Sold for £190

Lot 149, 16 Jun 10

Opening of London Bridge, 1831, a copper medal by B. Wyon for the Corporation of London, bust of William IV right, rev. bridge, 51mm (BHM 1544; E 1245; Taylor 102a; Welch 1), a white metal medal by B. Wyon, 27mm (BHM 1545; Welch 2), and a brass medal, unsigned, 29mm (BHM 1547); Completion of the Thames Tunnel, 1842, white metal medals (2), by J. Davis, 44mm (BHM 2080; Moyaux 26), and by W.J. Taylor, 42mm (BHM 2085; Moyaux Suppl. 40); Opening of t...

Sold for £220

Lot 150, 16 Jun 10

New Channel to Newport Opened, 1831, a copper medal by T. Ottley for Tees Navigation Co, shipping on the channel, rev. legend around ship, 51mm (BHM 1549; E 1242; Holland p.42). About extremely fine £80-100

Lot 150, 16 Jun 10

Sold for £100

Lot 151, 16 Jun 10

Visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Manchester, 1851, white metal medals by Allen & Moore (2), both 52mm (W & E 658.1, revs. A and B; BHM 2414-15; Holland p.39); Manchester Ship Canal Demonstration, 1885, a white metal medal by Kenning, 43mm (BHM –; Holland p.36), and a coloured lapel badge for Daniel Adamson; Opening of the Manchester Ship Canal, 1894, white metal medals (6), all unsigned, 36mm (W & E 1778.1; BHM 3474A; E 1778; Hollan...

Sold for £190

Lot 152, 16 Jun 10

Lancaster Canal Company Dissolved, 1885, a silver medal by W.J. Taylor, aqueduct over the River Lune, rev. legend in seven lines, 55mm (BHM –). Brilliant and virtually as struck, rare; in maroon fitted case by W.J. Taylor, Medallist, 70 Red Lion street, London WC £80-100

Lot 152, 16 Jun 10

Sold for £170

Lot 153, 16 Jun 10

Royal Visit to Manchester, 1894, a silver-gilt and enamel badge by Elkington, crowned arms, back impressed (To Commemorate the Opening of the Ship Canal, 21 May 1894), 48 x 32mm (W & E 1780.1; Holland p.38; cf. DNW 52, 693). Very fine, rare; with original maroon ribbon and ornate silver-gilt clasp, in original maroon velvet-lined case by Elkington & Co, Manchester £70-90

Sold for £90

Lot 154, 16 Jun 10

Airship Raids on London, 1915, an iron medal by F. Eue for Ball of Berlin, bust of Count Zeppelin three-quarters right, rev. Tower Bridge with road raised, two airships above the city in background, 34mm (E 1944b; Button 123; BDM VII, 275; cf. DNW 36, 716); together with other miscellaneous medals, etc (8, two in silver) [9]. First very fine, others in varied state £50-70

Sold for £100

Lot 155, 16 Jun 10

British Waterways Board, Docks & Inland Waterways Executive, etc, metal and resin badges, buttons, etc (39, all different), various sizes (Holland p.57), mounted on card [39]. Mostly extremely fine £50-70

Sold for £90

Lot 156, 16 Jun 10

Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames, a plated Free Waterman’s arm badge, c. 1805, arms above panel enamelled 3299 in blue, 122mm (Holland p.58, this piece). Pierced for wear at four points, generally very fine, very rare £80-100

Lot 156, 16 Jun 10

Sold for £200

Lot 157, 16 Jun 10

Manchester Ship Canal, metal badges and buttons (21, mostly different), including Vigilantes Corps and other enamelled pieces (Holland p.55), mounted on card and labelled [21]. Generally very fine £50-70

Lot 157, 16 Jun 10

Sold for £190

Lot 158, 16 Jun 10

Port of London Authority, Port of Tilbury, Police badges (11, one in cloth), several large size and enamelled, mounted on card [11]. Extremely fine £30-40

Sold for £100

Lot 159, 16 Jun 10

Port of London Authority, Thames Conservancy, etc, cloth badges (5), metal and resin buttons (27), almost all different, mounted on card and labelled [32]. Very fine and better, the cloth badges particularly fresh £70-100

Sold for £65

Lot 160, 16 Jun 10

Thames Conservancy, Private Pleasure Vessel, hexagonal registration plates for unpowered vessels [skiff, rowing boat, punt] (2), No. 1016, available until 31st December 1930, No. 1455, available until 31st December 1934; oval registration plate for a powered vessel [motor launch], 101/16, available until 31st December 1937 [3]. Second very fine, others in good order £25-35

Sold for £25

Lot 161, 16 Jun 10

Thames Water, badges and buttons (14, five in cloth), including Lock Keeper (several), Relief Lock Keeper, Bailiff, etc; British Transport Commission, Fire Services, metal badges and buttons (19), all different, mounted on two cards [33]. Generally extrmeely fine £40-60

Sold for £95

Lot 162, 16 Jun 10

Miscellaneous badges (13), of Birmingham Canal Navigation (Holland p.56), Grand Union Canal, Lower Avon Navigation Trust, Windermere (3), Waterway Recovery Group, Paddlewheel Steamboatin’ Society of America, etc, mounted on card [13]. Very fine and better £30-40

Sold for £120

Lot 163, 16 Jun 10

Miscellaneous metal badges (7), of Mersey Docks, Clydeport (2), Port of Bristol (2), River Tyne Police; River Wear Police, buttons (2); Clyde Navigation, a cloth badge with gold braid (Holland p.58), mounted on card and labelled [7]. Last extremely fine, others very fine and better £30-40

Sold for £90

Lot 164, 16 Jun 10

Miscellaneous badges (26), of Port of London Authority, HM Coastguard Coast Lifesaving Corps, Thames Water, Gravesend, Severn Bridge, London Bridge, etc, a few in cloth [26]. Very fine and better, some attractive types £40-60

Sold for £95

Lot 165, 16 Jun 10

Buttons (125), of Wallasey Ferry, Woodside Ferry, Birkenhead Ferries, Forth Pilotage Authority, Gloucester & Berkeley Canal, Aire & Calder Navigation, Mersey Docks & Harbour Board, Trinity House, Bristol Docks Police, Tyne Tunnel, Dartford Tunnel, Humber Pilot Service, Clyde Lighthouses, Navigation, Pilot and Port, River Weaver Navigation, London & N. Western Railway, River Tyne Police, etc, mounted on four cards and labelled [125]. All different...

Sold for £410

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