Buckinghamshire, Halton and Aston Clinton, Industrial Exhibition, 1868, silver award medal, unsigned [for J. Smith & Co.], wreath enclosing monogram, scroll around, rev. swan swims l., reeds behind, wreath around, edge named (SAMUEL LAZARUS, AYLESBURY), 51mm. (Preston-Morley 654; Allen Pt 2), extremely fine, rare
Samuel Lazarus, umbrella maker, of Cambridge Street then Temple Street, Aylesbury. The present Halton House had been built for Alfred Charles Freiherr de Rothschild, the original house having been bought by his father Lionel Nathan Freiherr de Rothschild.
(100-150 GBP)