Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Lot 861 SESSION 3 (John Chapman Collection, 2.30pm Tuesday) Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)
Estimate $500
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SOLD $2,700
QUEENSLAND EXHIBITION, 1875, handcrafted medal in silver (35mm) by C.A.Brown Brisbane, plain silver disc with makers imprint on reverse, engraved on obverse between concentric circles 'Queensland Exhibition 1875', and on reverse '1st Prize Biscuits' between concentric circles, and a wheat sheaf in centre, initials 'AN' at top. Good very fine and rare.
Charles Allen Brown (1850-1908) Australian silversmith. See article by Sue Air in 'Australiana' Journal, August 2001, Vol 23, No.3.
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