England, Mark Hall Farm, Harlow, an engraved silver award medal by T. Phipps and E. Robinson, soil tiller, rev. ploughshare, inscribed (Exhibited the Best Cultivator, June 15 1804), hallmarked 1804 (no town mark, probably London), 42mm. About very fine, very rare £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Agricultural Medals.

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This medal is recorded in a letter by Montagu Burgoyne, owner of Mark Hall, in Annals of Agriculture and Other Useful Arts, collected and published by Arthur Young in 1804. Although the medal itself is unnamed, the letter names the winner as Mark Duckitt of Esher.

Mark Duckitt (1765-1836), Waylands Farm, Esher