SCOTLAND. (Victoria). Silver agricultural medal. 45.87 gm. 45 mm. Ca 1.3 troy ounces ASW. Farm scene with horses, town and factory in the background; a woman carrying a basket on her head, a cow, a sheep, and a hog in the foreground / Neatly engraved in a wreath: Mr. Picken | LAIGH LANGSIDE | One Year Old Agricultural Filly | 1874; GENERAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF AYRSHIRE around outside; INST MDCCCXXXV (1835) below. Extremely Fine; attractive, well designed, nicely toned, and a particularly artistic example of the type.

This medal reflects a bucolic time now long past when the family farm was prevalent; the animals, horses pulling a plow, sheep, a milk cow, and a nursing sow, conveying feelings of health, fecundity, and plenty.