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Temperance Society, 1833, in silver 44mm by Halliday, family seated around a table, rev. inscription displayed on ten curved ribbons, (similar to BHM 1659, but differing reverse legend). Holed, very fine, rare in silver.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
William Cobbett Memorial Medal, politician and reformer, 1835, bronze 45mm by Ingram, bust facing left, rev. “THE POOR MANS FRIEND” within a wreath, not listed in BHM, (see BHM 1683 for biographical details). Extremely fine, very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
Princess Victoria, 18th Birthday, 1837, bronze 45mm by Halliday, facing bust of the young Victoria, rev. seated Victoria surrounded by lion and figures of Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia, (BHM 1737 R, Eimer 1293). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $440
Accession of Victoria to the Throne, 1837, white metal 58mm by Langridge, bare head of Victoria facing left, rev. view of the Royal Pavilion Brighton, (BHM 1797, RR). Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Assorted medals, Queen Victoria, Coronation, 1838, in white metal (54mm), by Halliday (pierced) (BHM 1821); Great Exhibition London, 1851, in white metal, (42mm) by W.J. Taylor (Eimer 1463) (illus.); Armidale School, Prize Medal, by Amor, white metal, (51 mm), uninscribed; Peace at Versailles, in bronze, (37mm), by Elkington (BHM 4142); Electrolytic Zinc Co of Australasia Ltd, advertising medal (62mm) Fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
William Carey, 1838, medal in bronze (44mm), by Davis, Birm, obverse, bust of Carey half facing right, reverse, "Baptist Mission/Formed Octr 2nd 1792 and 12 lines of text", legend, "Expect Great Things From God/Attempt Great Things For God". Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Anti Corn Law League, 1840, in white metal, 44mm, by Taylor and Allen, figure preventing destitute family from reaching sacks of corn, “CORN MONOPOLY A NATIONS CURSE”, (BHM 1972, Eimer 1406); Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846, in white metal, 44mm by Davis, bust of Sir Robert Peel in a wreath, rev. scene with corn being unloaded from ships, “FREE TRADE WITH ALL THE WORLD”, (BHM 2235, RRR); another in white metal, 44mm by Davis, crown within a wreath, rev. Justice meting out justice to a family and driving out monopoly, (not in BHM, reverse as BHM 2236 RR). All holed, very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $180
SOLD $110
William Shakespeare, Laudatory Medal 1842, bronze 39mm, by Taylor and Young, facing bust of Shakespeare resting on a cushion, rev. view of his birthplace, (BHM 2057). Small spot of verdigris on WILL of legend, extremely fine.
Estimate $120
Passed in
Thames Tunnel Completion, 1842, white metal 41mm by Taylor, bust of Brunel facing left, rev. details of stages of construction, (BHM 2085A, mule of 2084/2085); Opening of Thames Tunnel 1843, white metal 38mm by Taylor, bust of Brunel facing left, rev. view of Tunnel Entrance, (mule of BHM 2081/2131); Opening of Opening of Thames Tunnel, 1843, white metal 36mm by Griffin, views of the Tunnel Entrances on both sides, (BHM 2131). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $180
SOLD $120
Jubilee of Baptist Mission, 1842, medal in bronze (38mm) (BHM 2066), by J.Taylor, Birm:, obverse with four draped busts with names of W.Carey, A.Fuller, Dr. Ryland and S.Pearce, with a bible in the centre and with the legend, "Not Unto Us, O Lord, Not Unto Us, But Unto Thy Name Give Glory.", reverse features a view of a house between trees and behind a fence and below this, "Formed At Kettering/Oct: 2: 1792". Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Jubilee of the Baptist Missionary Society, 1842, in white metal (44mm) (BHM 2063), with pierced hole at top edge, by Davis, Birm, obverse, a preacher at a small pulpit and at the sides are two natives with arms raised kneeling left and right with two angels flying above and with the legend, "Then Shalt Thou Cause The Trumpet Of The Jubilee To Sound & Ye Shall Hallow The Fiftieth Year" and in the exergue, "Baptist Mission Jubilee/1842", reverse, in the centre is a long text and around the edge is the legend, "Expect Great Things From God/Attempt Great Things For God". Some toning, extremely fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
William Carey, in white metal (26mm), obverse, bust of Carey half facing right, reverse, text as follows, "W.Griffin/The/Original Firm/Silversmith/Jeweller/And/Medallist/25/Chance Alley/Cornhill London"; Carey & Thomas The First Missionaries, in gilt (26mm) (see for example BHM 2064), by J.Taylor, Birm, obverse, bust of Carey & Thomas half facing right, reverse, view of house behind a fence and between trees, legend at the top, "Baptist Mission", at bottom, "Formed At Kettering/Oct.2.1792". Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Baptist Mission Jubilee, 1842, medal in white metal (38mm) (BHM 2065), by Davis, Birm, with pierced hole at top edge, obverse with five draped busts within circles with names of Carey, Fuller, Pearce, Sutcliff and Ryland with a bible in the centre and with the legend, "Not By Might, Not By Power, But By My Spirit, Saith The Lord. Zech. C.4, V.6.", reverse features a view of a house between trees and behind a fence and below this, "The House At Kettering In Which/The Baptist Missionary/Society Was Formed/Oct. 2nd 1792". Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Passed in
Launching of S.S. Great Britain (the first ocean screw steamship), 1843, white metal 34mm by Davis, conjoined busts of Victoria and Albert, rev. view of ship under full sail, with technical details, (BHM 2118); another in brass 27mm by Gardner, view of the ship under sail, rev. technical details, (BHM 2119). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Opening of Thames Tunnel, 1843, bronze 42mm by Taylor, bust of Sir Isambart Marc Brunel facing left, rev. list of Directors and Engineers, (BHM 2139, RRR). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
William Shakespeare, 280th Anniversary of his Birth, 1844, bronze 40mm by Barre, bust facing left, rev. names of ten of his plays, (BHM 2161, RR). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $200
Passed in
London Missionary Society, 1844, in white metal (51mm) (BHM 2167), by J.Davis, Medallist, Birm, obverse, celestial crown above trumpet entwined with palm branches below the trumpet is a banner with detailed text, reverse, a missionary preaching to a native family, above is a cross surrounded by clouds. Some toning, good very fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
Jubilee of the London Missionary Society, 1844, in white metal (40mm) (BHM 2170), with pierced hole at top edge, by Davis, Birm, obverse, celestial crown above trumpet entwined with palm branches below the trumpet is a banner with detailed text, reverse, four preachers, one with arms raised to heaven, standing, preaching to a congregation of natives kneeling, with a cross amid the clouds. Some toning, extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
London Missionary Society First Jubilee Year, 1844, in bronze (33mm), obverse, Revd John Williams bust half facing left, reverse, Robert Moffat bust half facing, with legend, "Go Ye Into All The World And Preach The Gospel Unto Every Creature". A few tone spots, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Revd William Knibb, Jamaica, 1845, in bronze (41mm), by Davis, Birm, obverse, bust of Knibb to right, reverse, text in the centre with two lines of legend around the outside. A few small edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $420
Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846, bronze 45mm by Stothard, bust of Lord Russell facing right, rev. “FREE TRADE” in a wreath, (BHM 2237); Repeal of the Corn Laws, bronze 39mm, bust of Richard Cobden facing, “THE CHAMPION OF FREE TRADE”, rev. trade items within a legend, (BHM 2238, Eimer 1408). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
William Shakespeare Memorial, 1847, bronze 39mm, by Allen and Moore, bust of Shakespeare facing left, rev. view of his birthplace, (BHM 2297); another with different obverse legend, white metal 38mm, by Allen and Moore, (BHM 2297A, Vol. 3, this specimen). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Jubilee of the Church Missionary Society, 1848, in white metal (51mm) (see for example BHM 2308), by Davis, Birm, obverse, celestial crown above trumpet entwined with palm branches below the trumpet is a banner with detailed text, reverse, a missionary preaching to a family of natives, rays from clouds above. Some toning, extremely fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
United Kingdom Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Trade, circa 1850, white metal 32mm by Davis, legend in wreath, rev. two figures holding hands, not listed in BHM; Temperance medal circa 1850, white metal 38mm by Davis, man seated with a child, “TOTAL ABSTINENCE”, rev. child standing next to a drunken man lying on ground, “TOUCH NOT, TASTE NOT, HANDLE NOT”, not listed in BHM (holed). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Richard Cobden, (1804-1864), relief portrait, by the Societe du Bois Durci, Paris, c.1860, in Bois-Durci (hardened wood, an early plastic), (115mm), set in a bezel for suspension, reverse inscribed 'Bois Durci'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Marriage of Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, 1863, in bronze, 38mm by Christensen, bust of Prince facing right, “ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES”, rev. bust of Princess facing left, “ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS OF DENMARK”, not listed in BHM or Eimer. Uncirculated.
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
William Shakespeare Tercentenary of his Birth 1864, white metal 41mm by Brookes and Adams, bust facing left, rev. view of his birthplace, (BHM 2804); another in bronze 23mm by Brown, bare head of Shakespeare facing left, view of birthplace, SHAKESPEARE TERCENTENARY FESTIVAL, (BHM 2807A, this medal illustrated in BHM Vol 3, p.263). Good very fine, rare. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Peace in the Franco-Prussian War, 1871, British medal, in white metal 28mm, facing bust, “WILLIAM, EMPEROR OF GERMANY”, rev. “IN COMMEMORATION OF THE RETURN OF PEACE 1871”, not listed in BHM. Very fine.
Estimate $80
Passed in
William Gladstone 70th Birthday, 1879, bronze 44mm by Wyon, bust facing right, rev. legend in wreath, (BHM 3054, Eimer 1665); Death of William Gladstone, 1898, bronze 47mm by Carter, bust facing left, rev, wreath, (BHM 3628, R). Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Conquest of Trinidad, Centenary of 1897, in silver (48 mm) (BHM.3623; MH457; Eimer 1809a). Toned, nearly FDC.
Estimate $300
SOLD $600