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A Collection of Historical and Art Medals

Collection Information

This collection was sold on 26 June 1996.

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Lot 1, 26 Jun 96

Dated 1392. A bronze portrait medal of a man, bust left wearing mortier and tunic, Legend: Serristoro di Ser Iacopo de Priori MCCCXCII, reverse Pelican in nest feeding fledgeling in fruiting tree hung with arms (a Fess between three stars) suspended with ribands flowing in the wind, legend: Pauperis Christi and signature Opus Fabre Pictoris. 84mm. Extremely fine, very rare (£100-150)

Sold for £100

Lot 2, 26 Jun 96

c.1540/1560. Germany. Jael (wife of Haber, who killed her guest Sisara - with a tent-nail - in his sleep and delivered the body to the king of Israel Barac), Uniface cast Æ medal 78mm, South German School, Allegory of Jael holding a hammer and a nail (See Book of Judges IV, 17-22). Ingrid Weber, Renaissance Plaqketten No61, 2). Rare, very fine to extremely fine (£150-200)

Sold for £120

Lot 3, 26 Jun 96

1657. Italy, Papal States, Alexander VII, cast Æ medal, 74mm, by C. Morone, reverse St. Peter’s (Toderi p. 17, fig. 1; BDM IV, 156). Rare and early cast with trace of piercing for suspension, very fine to extremely fine (£180-250)

Sold for £150

Lot 4, 26 Jun 96

1688. France/England, St. Germain en Laye (Birth of Prince James Edward Stuart, 10th June 1688), commemorative AR jeton, 30mm, unsigned, reverse The Prince in his cot, as Hercules killing snakes (English partisans of the House of Orange), (Feuardent 5935, See Van Loon III, p. 342). Very rare, fine (£90-120)

Sold for £80

Lot 5, 26 Jun 96

1743. Bohemia, Maria-Theresa of Austria, Coronation as Queen of Bohemia, cast Æ medal, 86mm, by Antonio Selvi (Toderi No. 201). Good very fine (£150-200)

Sold for £160

Lot 6, 26 Jun 96

1798. Egypt. Battle of the Pyramids (25/7/1798), Æ commemorative medal 41mm by J.F.A. Bovy, in a gilt copper mount with ring for suspension, struck c.1855. Scarce, very fine. (£60-80)

Sold for £45

Lot 7, 26 Jun 96

Late 18th Century. United States of America, Benjamin Franklin, uniface cast bell metal portrait medal, 46mm, by Dupré. Early and very sharp cast, rare, good very fine (£90-120)

Sold for £130

Lot 8, 26 Jun 96

c.1821. Napoleon I, uniface cast Æ commemorative plaque 78 x 93mm, unsigned. Scarce, very fine to extremely fine (£70-90)

Unsold

Lot 9, 26 Jun 96

1834. Louis-Philippe, “Aux Arts Utiles”, Æ Prize medal 56mm by Depaulis (1st effigy) and Gayrard. Broken die, but very fine to extremely fine (£40-60)

Unsold

Lot 10, 26 Jun 96

1830 & 1840. France, “Armée D’Afrique”, group of three medals: 1830, Algiers taken, Æ 40.5mm, by Caque & Durand; 1840, Siege of Mazagran, 41mm, by Montagny (2, Æ gilt and pewter), [3]. Very fine and fine (£40-60)

Sold for £30

Lot 11, 26 Jun 96

1836. Paris, Obelisk of Louksor erected (25/10/1836), Æ commemorative medal 52mm by Montagny. Hallmark: Prow: 1842/1845, with wooden box. Extremely fine (£50-70)

Unsold

Lot 12, 26 Jun 96

1840. Dijon (water supply), “La Source du Rosoir amenée a Dijon”, Æ commemorative medal 69.5mm by Caque. Scarce, very fine (£50-70)

Unsold

Lot 13, 26 Jun 96

c. 1840. Germany, Baden, Leopold I (1830-1852), uniface cast Æ portrait medal, 86mm, by K.F. Voigt (BDM VI, 305/310). With suspension, good very fine (£60-80)

Sold for £50

Lot 14, 26 Jun 96

1842. France. Death (by accident) of Ferdinand Philippe, Duc d’Orleans (18/10/1842), Æ commemorative medal 52mm by Petit. Hallmark: Prow: 1842/1845, with wooden box. Extremely fine (£50-70)

Sold for £40

Lot 15, 26 Jun 96

1844. Francois P.G. Guizot (1787-1874), large Æ commemorative medal, 100.5mm by J. Feuchere, Hallmark: Prow, (BDM II, 89). Scarce, very fine to extremely fine (£80-100)

Unsold

Lot 16, 26 Jun 96

1849. France, Société des Amis des Arts de Lyon, Æ commemorative medal 81mm by Dantzell (BDM I, 506). Nearly extremely fine (£60-80)

Sold for £50

Lot 17, 26 Jun 96

1851. London, Great Exhibition, Æ Prize medal 77mm, by W and L.C. Wyon, named on rim, Class II (Brown 2462). Very fine to extremely fine (£70-90)

Unsold

Lot 18, 26 Jun 96

1851 London, Great Exhibition, Æ Exhibitor medal, 44mm by W. Wyon, impressed on rim Categorie France, No. 1291 (Brown 2463; Eimer 1462). Very fine to extremely fine (£25-35)

Unsold

Lot 19, 26 Jun 96

1851. England, The Universal Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Industry (Founded 1851), Æ Prize medal, 63mm, by Desaide Roquelay, not named, struck in France, hallmark: hand (1845/1860) (Brown---, see BDM I, 562, medal not indicated). Very fine to extremely fine (£60-80)

Sold for £60

Lot 20, 26 Jun 96

1853. Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Cathedral of Algiers, Æ commemorative medal, 68mm, by Oudiné (CGMP III, 198). Rare, very fine to extremely fine (£90-120)

Unsold

Lot 21, 26 Jun 96

1862. London, Crystal Place, International Exhibition, Æ Prize medal, 77mm by L.C. Wyon after D. Maclise, named on rim, Class XXVII (Brown 2747). Good very fine (£60-80)

Unsold

Lot 22, 26 Jun 96

1862. London, International Exhibition, Æ commemorative medal, 42mm, by Pinches (Brown 2739). Very fine to extremely fine (£25-35)

Unsold

Lot 23, 26 Jun 96

1863. Lyon, Chambre Syndcale du Batiment, AR Prize medal, 54mm, by L. Schmitt, named and dated 1908 (BDM V, 192). Scarce, very fine (£50-70)

Unsold

Lot 24, 26 Jun 96

1865, Dublin International Exhibition, Æ Prize medal, 75mm by Alex Geefs (BDM II, 234). One knock on rim, otherwise very fine to extremely fine (£60-80)

Unsold

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