Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 16 17 Apr 2018
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Commemorative Medals, British Medals, Banking, [John] Frederick A[ndrew] Huth (1777-1864) and Emanuela Philippa [Manuela Felipa] Mayfren (1784-1864), Golden Wedding, bronze medal, 1856, by Benjamin Wyon, conjoined busts l., rev. legend in eight lines, THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING DAY ..., 45mm. (BHM. -; BDM. VIII, 295), extremely fine, extremely rare
The family business Frederick Huth & Co was first established in Corunna, Spain, in 1805. Huth came to London in 1809 and in 1814 he took John Frederick Grüning into partnership and the resulting firm, Huth & Company, was formed. Throughout the 19th century the firm is described in London directories as 'merchants'. His grandson Reginald Sebastian Huth (1853-1926) is remembered as a great numismatist and collector. He was the London representative of the Bank of Spain and then, in 1903, he changed the firm's priorities becoming a merchant bank. The bank was dissolved in 1936 and absorbed into the British Overseas Bank and then, in turn, the Royal Bank of Scotland. A prolific collector of coins, his collection was sold at Sotheby's in three sales in April and June, 1927. He also commissioned a number of fantasy pattern coins and medals, manufactured by Spink and John Pinches.
(80-120 GBP)
The family business Frederick Huth & Co was first established in Corunna, Spain, in 1805. Huth came to London in 1809 and in 1814 he took John Frederick Grüning into partnership and the resulting firm, Huth & Company, was formed. Throughout the 19th century the firm is described in London directories as 'merchants'. His grandson Reginald Sebastian Huth (1853-1926) is remembered as a great numismatist and collector. He was the London representative of the Bank of Spain and then, in 1903, he changed the firm's priorities becoming a merchant bank. The bank was dissolved in 1936 and absorbed into the British Overseas Bank and then, in turn, the Royal Bank of Scotland. A prolific collector of coins, his collection was sold at Sotheby's in three sales in April and June, 1927. He also commissioned a number of fantasy pattern coins and medals, manufactured by Spink and John Pinches.
(80-120 GBP)