Coins and Historical Medals

Horticultural Society of London, Foundation Medal (Est. 1804), a silver medal by G.F. Pidgeon after R. Batty for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, two females offer fruit to the bust of a deity, rev. glasshouse, trees behind, named (Presented to John Sudlow, Esqr, December 10th 1819), 68mm (BHM 568A; D & W 155/422; E 955). Extremely fine and very rare £400-£500

John Sudlow (†27 October 1830), Monument yard, City, and Thames Ditton.

The Horticultural Society of London minute book for 1819 records: ‘To John Sudlow, Esq. of Thames Ditton, Fellow of the Society, the Silver Medal, for the various specimens of rare and excellent Fruits grown in his garden, which he has exhibited at different Meetings of the Society’