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Mike Leahy
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25 November 1998
Royal Dublin Society, 1768, silver medal, oval, 37 x 43mm, Minerva seated, with cornucopia and fruits, reverse nine-line engraved inscription (Went 1). Fine, with integral suspension loop, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £100
Royal Irish Academy, Earl of Charlemont, 1786, silver medal, 53 mm, by W. Mossop, uniformed bust left, reverse figure of Art seated left holding Irish shield; at her shield are attributes of scholarship and liberty (BHM 267; Eimer 819; Frazer 1887/449). Very fine, edge knock (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £290
Trinity College, Dublin Debating Society, 1790, silver medal, 46mm, wholly engraved, eight line inscription, reverse four-line inscription in wreath. Very fine, suspension loop (£80-100)
University of Dublin Historical Society, 1791, silver medal, 55mm, by W. Mossop, standing figure of Fame, with trumpet and wreath, reverse nine-line engraved inscription. Very fine, suspension loop (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £120
Protestant Ascendancy, Duke of York, York Club, 1824, silver medal, 38mm, by I. Parkes, bust left, reverse inscription within Garter. Extremely fine, with oval suspension in the form of a Garter (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £90
Tyrhugh, Bannagh and Boylagh Farmers Society, 1826, silver, 38mm, Shamrock, reverse engraved inscription within legend (awarded to Margaret Colvin, for the neatest house). Fine and rare, with integral suspension loop (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £250
Orange Order Badge, 1844, Æ gilt, 80mm, Equestrian portrait of William III, left, set against a blue glass backing, legend on raised border around, reverse seven-line engraved inscription naming the Earl of Enniskillen as Grand Master and Richard Harbora as Deputy Grand Master of Loyal Orangemen. Decorative mount of a crown upon book set on a crossed orb and sceptre. Extremely fine and rare (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £220
Royal Dublin Society, 1850, gold medal, 31mm, by W. Woodhouse, seated figure of Minerva, reverse five-line engraved inscription (awarded for gas-cooking apparatus). Nearly extremely fine and rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £110
The Order of Liberators, silver medal, by W. Woodhouse, 40mm, with ornate top suspender. Very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £140
Royal Dublin Society, Government School of Design, 1852, silver medal, 44mm, by W. Woodhouse, bust of Queen Victoria right, reverse engraved inscription around legend (awarded to Arthur Brew for Natural History and Zoology) (Went 34); together with a bronze medal, 45mm, of Limerick Philognostic Society (awarded in 1859 to Benjamin Brew for elocution) [2]. Both medals very fine, second pierced (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £95
Royal Dublin Society, School of Art, silver medal, by J. Woodhouse, 54mm, reverse engraved five-line inscription in wreath,. Edge bruise at 5 o’clock, very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £80
University of Dublin, Undergraduate Philosophical Society, 1869, silver, 47mm, by J. Woodhouse, Armorial shield, reverse six-line engraved inscription in wreath. Extremely fine, holed (£40-60)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, 1875, silver, 64mm, W. Woodhouse, bust of Queen Victoria right, reverse engraved (awarded to W.T. Parkes). Good extremely fine, superb toning (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £160
The Rebellion of 1798, a commemorative linen banner, c. 1898 ?, depicting a harp surmounted on a shamrock on the left, on the right “Remember 1798 Ninety-Eight”, 60 x 50cm. A little stained, very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £150
Various Irish Medals, in AR (4), Æ (7) and WM (13), mostly 19th Century; together with gilt-stamped leather passes for the Abbey Theatre Club (1) and the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland (2) [27]. A good group, generally very fine and better, some scarce (£150-200)
A large brass engraved Chief’s badge ?, 102mm, obverse arm holding sword emerging from rock, Gaelic legend on garter around, reverse Gaelic legend engraved in centre, mounted with brass chain suspender; together with a Irish Olympic embroidered badge, framed and glazed, and a Boy Scouts of Ireland, small cloth label [3]. Very fine and an interesting lot (£40-60)
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