Watch List notes:

BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Wolverhampton Floral Fete, silver award medals (3, different), by Vaughton, named (1907, Messrs. Dicksons Ltd, Collection of Hardy Flowers), hallmarked Birmingham 1907, 51mm, by F.G. Rose, named (1925...Messrs. Bowell & Skarratt for Herbaceous & Alpines), hallmarked Birmingham 1925, 38mm, and by Fattorini for Mappin & Webb, named (1931, Cut Flowers, Messrs. Bowell & Skarratt), hallmarked Birmingham 1931, 33mm; Smethwick & Oldbury Horticultural Society, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, named (J. Simpson & Son, August 4th 1909), hallmarked Birmingham 1909, 44mm; Hanley Park Horticultural Fete, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, named (Henry Eckford, F.R.H.S., for Collection of Sweet Peas, 1911), hallmarked Birmingham 1911, 44mm [5]. Very fine and better; the 1931 medal in case of issue £100-150

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Bowell & Skarratt, Hardy Plant Nurseries, Cheltenham, 1919-46. Henry Eckford, Eckfords Nurery, Wem, Salop, son of Henry Eckford (1823-1905), in his day the most famous sweet pea horticulturist