AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE ON MEDALS

Updated January 2010. Please note that medals are offered by Simmons Gallery London subject to being unsold. The order may seem haphazard but is according to where they are on the trays so we can find them!

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AH1.1 - 61.5mm looped

South London Floricultural Society (left) Sept.5th 1837

(right) June 10th 1837

AH1.2 - 50mm. looped

left: presented July 25th 1837

AH01; South London Floricultural Society; A splendid group of 3 silver prize medals, two all engraved, the third a struck medal bearing the portrait of Carl Linnaeus (40mm.), all presented to Mr Fardinando September 1837

1.1 Hallmark: Charles Lias, 65 Crown St, Finsbury Square.

1.2 Hallmark John Henry & Charles Lias - mark of 1823

3 pieces together GBP 425

 

AH02 Royal Veterinary College, Coleman Prize Medal First Prize awarded to Mr F Talbot Sharp for his essay on The Eye of the Horse Session 1850 - Note forst year of the award

Silver 51mm. GBP 95

 

 

AH03 France, Ministere de l'Agriculture, Associations Agricoles, prize medal bronze, by Alphee Dubois 50mm GBP 23
 

AH04 Sussex Herd Book Society silver prize medal

Hallmarked silver, Elkington 52mm Handcross Beauty 6th 28254 Col. J R Warren OBE, MC, Sussex County (Show) 1939 GBP 80

 

AH05 Warwickshire Agricultural Society honorary medal

"Worthy the peasant who by honest toil, adds to the produce of the grateful soil" Early medal, made of base metal, silvered & tarnished so dark patina. 52mm. GBP 95

 

AH06 Scotland Killin, Ploughing prize medal, silver, junior class, 1921 awarded to Kenneth McRae

Hallmarked silver Birmingham 44mm. diameter approx. GBP 55

 

AH07 South Africa Rand Poultry Club Annual Show silver prize medal, awarded to Mrs T C Black for Best Buff Orpington Pullet 1915

Hallmarked silver Birmingham 45mm. GBP 50

 

 

AH08 Royal Dublin Society, Spring Show, silver medal with engraved lettering gilded

Leinster Challenge Cup 1928 for best group Shorthorns awarded to F E Barton. Hallmarked twice 50mm. GBP 60

 

AH09 Scotland, Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society silver medal

Elgin Show & Sale 1942 Best Bull Topnotcher 113 272

Silver, 51mm. shiny surfaces, a little tarnished GBP 50

 

AH10 France, Beauvais, bronze medal for horse training (concours de formerie)

struck medal with elaborate frame. Unusually the medal bears a train on the right of the standing figure. 64mm approx. plus loop GBP 45

 

AH11 Staffordshire Agricultural Society, silver medal awarded to J E Jarvis for Washing, wringing, mangling machine 1907

Glass missing on the obverse (farm scene). Design by Ottley. Silver surround and loop 49mm.

GBP 95

 

AH12 Staffordshire Agricultural Society silver prize medal awarded to Messrs R A Lister & Co Limd. for Collection of Separators & Dairy utensils at the Newcastle Meeting 1912

Glass intact both sides, Design by Ottley. Silver surround and loop 49mm. Super. GBP 150

AH13 France Syndicat Agricule du Vimeu 1927, (Somme, Picardy) silvered bronze medal by Rivet. Obverse is a neoclassical interpretation of the farmer taming his horse, with Victory flying over him - and other horses in the background. Reverse shows a female farmworker, barefoot resting on the round (mill)stone, a field of corn in the background. 44mm. GBP 25
 

AH14 Yorkshire, Halifax Show silver prize medal, August 28th 1893 won by Elliott Hill Esq.

All silver, 51mm including frame, sold

  AH15 Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society silver prize medal (HS established 1829)45mm. silver early manufacture sold
 

AH16 Brighton & Sussex Horticultural Society silver medal, awarded to Mr Riley Scott for an excellent exhibit of cut flowers Aug 18th 1908

Hallmarked silver; 42mm GVP 45

 

AH17 Germany, Internationale Gartenbau-Austellung (Intl. Horticultural Exhibition) Hamburg, 1869 bronze prize medal

45mm. GBP 55

  AH18 France, Societe d'Horticulture d'Orleans, founded 1839, silver jeton by Caque. 25mm. GBP 20
 

AH19 Co-Operative Wholesale Society Limited, National Co-Operative Bread and Confectionery Competition. Large handsome gilt silver medal 50mm. Hallmarked

Awarded Liverpool Co-Op. Soc(iet)y Ltd. 1st prize Plain Slab Cake. T E Fox (Until the rise of the supermarkets, cake was sold by weight and by the slice in grocery stores from giant cake loaves). GBP 60

 

AH20 Liverpool Grocers Bakers & Confectioners Exhibition 1901

not awarded, 37mm. GBP 30

 

AH21 Lancashire & Cheshire Grocers Bakers & Confectioners Exhibition awarded to W Edge & Sons for 3rd Best Stand Liverpool 1902, bronze medal 38mm.

GBP 20

 

AH22 Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Society silver medal, glazed, by Ottley, Birm.

presented to Mess. C D Young & Co of Liverpool for exhibiting an Anti-Metallic Churn invented & Patented by Mr P R Drummond Octr. 7. 1857

Early prize medal of this type, in extremely fine condition, 48mm.

GBP 150

 

AH23 Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Society silver medal, glazed, by Ottley, Birm. 1873

for best crop of Mangel Wurzel...at the Chester Show

GBP 85

 

AH24 Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Society silver medal, glazed, by Ottley, Birm.

1867 - 47mm. no glazed case, so some discoloration to surface, awarded as an extra prize to George Leigh of Bedford Leigh for 2nd best cultivated farm GBP 80

 

AH25 Reynolds Wheat Meal Bread, bronze & enamel medal awarded to W Moor Liverpool 2nd in Class 8 Derby Jan 1912

41mm x 30mm.

GBP 8

 

AH26 Liverpool Dog Show 1890,silver prize medal , reverse type with large ribbon on wreath

45mm. GBP 40

 

AH27 Liverpool Dog Show, silver prize medal , reverse type with small ribbon on wreath

date engraved 1901 45mm., GBP 35

 

AH28 Liverpool Dog Show, bronze prize medal, reverse type with small ribbon on wreath

date engraved 1902, 45mm. GBP 20

 

AH29 Dog Show medal Gilt silver medal won by Tithebarn Lass at Liverpool Best Exhibit in Show of any breed 26.12.25 (1925)

Marked on the edge AR and part of a hallmark 26mm. Shows a terrier and challenge cup. GBP 35

 

AH30 New Brighton Horse Show (Liverpool) 1937 Exhibition Riding silver prize medal 39mm. hallmarked silver

GBP 30

  AH31 France, Societe d'Agruculture de Saint Calmie; sower with harvest scenes on the reverse, bronze medal 42mm. GBP 15
  AH32 France Ministere de l'Agriculture, Concours General Paris 1903 Jury - Jury member's award silver, by Alphee Dubois. The Republic meets Ceres with science and the sower in the background. 41mm. silver GBP 35
 

AH33 Germany Silver Agriculture prize medal by Loos, neo-classical female symbolising the prize for achievements in farming, surrounded by animals and farming activities. Fur Landwirth Schaftliche Leistungen

42mm. GBP 45

 

AH34 Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society, instituted Salford

On edge Liverpool Show 1938 awarded to T. Hollingworth for Ham (any cut) 48mm. GBP 50

 

AH35 President's medal bronze, Thomas Andrew Knight, Horticultural Society London by William Wyon, 44mm.

GBP 65

 

AH36 President's medal bronze, Thomas Andrew Knight, The Royal Horticultural Society London (later version) by William Wyon

GBP 35

 

AH37 President's medal silver gilt, Thomas Andrew Knight, The Royal Horticultural Society London (later version) by W. Wyon, 43.5mm. awarded to John Warren Esq (Gardener Mr Marcham) for Apples & Pears Oct 24 1899

GBP 65

 

 

AH38 Sir Joseph Banks Medal, bronze prize by W Wyon, The Horticultural Society of London

37mm. GBP 55

 

AH39 Sir Joseph Banks Medal, silver prize by W Wyon, The Royal Horticultural Society to W Fell & Co for Pavilion Decoration, Newcastle, 1908

38mm. GBP 55

  AH40 France, Soc. des Aviculteurs Angevins, Exposition Nationale d'Aviculture d'Anjou.1931 Poultry raising prize, Anjou, France, 41mm. gilt base metal GBP 15
 

AH41 France Savoy:. Societe d'Aviculture Le Savoyarde, early 20th century

39mm. GBP 10

 

AH 42 GB, The Borough of Croydon Chrysanthemum Society, silver prize medal 44mm.

awarded to W Wren for 5 Japanese Blooms 1931

sold

 

AH43 Chrysanthemum silver gilt prize prize medal, awarded by H J Jones, Ryegrove, Hither Green, Lewisham, to H Nash 1898, hallmarked, 40mm.

GBP 35

 

AH44 Chrysanthemum silver gilt prize prize medal, awarded by H J Jones, Ryegrove, Hither Green, Lewisham, marked sterling silver, not awarded, 40mm.

GBP 28

 

AH45 Argentina, Livestock and Agriculture show Exposicion Entre Rios Buenos Aires, silvered bronze 1910 by Rossi

40mm. GBP 10

 

AH46 The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland silver prize medal, awarded 1962 J Thompson & Son, Sandyknowe, for half bred sheep, Duns

45mm. Heavy silver medal GBP 40

  AH47 Devon Agricultural Association, Devon County Show, struck bronze medal, holed for suspension. Very low relief but enlarged picture shows all the hedges on the rolling Devon hills. 38mm. late 18th/early 19th century, worn GBP 55
  AH48 British Show Jumping Association, silver medal, not awarded 37mm. GBP 30
 

AH49 Hackney Horse Society, silver medal, George VI portrait

hallmarked silver, Mappin & Webb London 41mm. GBP 55

 

AH50 The Ayrshire Cattle Breeders Society of South Africa

awarded to Donovan Coventry for Champion Ayrshire Bull Grand Champion Dairy Bull, Benmore Voortrekker Bergville Show 1957

sterling silver, S.A. Mint. 38mm. GBP 45

 

AH51 Highland and Agricultural Society silver medal to J & J Moffat Gateside For Blackfaced Tup Sanquahar 1880

silver, by Kirkwood. Early version of medal

35mm. GBP 30

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