Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Lot 709 SESSION 3 (John Chapman Collection, 2.30pm Tuesday) Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Estimate $1,000
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SOLD $1,950
AUSTRALIAN FLORAL & HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 1841, handcrafted medal in silver (48mm), two convex silver discs within an ornamental frame with a decorative suspension mount, engraved on obverse 'Australian / Floral & Horticultural / Society' and on reverse 'February Show / 1841 / Presented to / Robert Rennie / for the best / Potatoes'. Extremely fine and very rare.
Ex Ray Jewell Collection 1965.
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