Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 54 9 Dec 2020
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Commemorative Medals, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, oval silver ticket or pass, to Sir Henry Englefield (1752-1822), antiquary and astronomer, in five lines, ROYAL SOCIETY EDINBURGH INSTITUTED 1783, rev. engraved lengthwise with recipient's name, SIR HENRY ENGLEFIELD BART. F.R.S., F.S.A. 1792, 37 x 29mm. (D & W 126-127, 196, 204, 205; Withers 2644; CP 143.30), very fine and toned; The Royal Institution, round silver ticket or pass, to Sir Henry Englefield, ROYAL INSTITUTION 1819, rev. naming in engraved italics in 2 lines, Sir Hy. Englefield. Bart. F.R.S., F.S.A., V.P.S.A., 32mm (Withers 2680), bright extremely fine (2)
*ex A. H. Baldwin vault
Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Baronet, FRS, FRSE, FSA (President 1811-12), FLS., wrote on a wide number of subjects from the orbits of the comets and the geology of the Isle of Wight to Roman antiquities. He served as Secretary of the Dilettanti Society. He was awarded a gold medal by the Society of Arts for his "Discovery of a Lake from Madder". He was a prominent Catholic and for this reason he was not re-elected president of the Society of Antiquaries. Late in life, in 1819, Englefield commissioned a number of coin-like portrait tokens or medals of himself from G. Mills. He was elected to The Royal Society of Edinburgh on 27 June, 1796, and was proposed by John Playfair, John Hall and Daniel Rutherford.
The silver member's admission tickets, each engraved with a name and the date of election to Fellowship are now extremely rare and the present group, including exceptional association pieces, is quite unprecedented in recent auction history.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh was created in 1783 by Royal Charter for "the advancement of learning and useful knowledge". It started with a small group of 178 founder members and the early meetings were held in the College Library of the University of Edinburgh.
(300-500 GBP)
*ex A. H. Baldwin vault
Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Baronet, FRS, FRSE, FSA (President 1811-12), FLS., wrote on a wide number of subjects from the orbits of the comets and the geology of the Isle of Wight to Roman antiquities. He served as Secretary of the Dilettanti Society. He was awarded a gold medal by the Society of Arts for his "Discovery of a Lake from Madder". He was a prominent Catholic and for this reason he was not re-elected president of the Society of Antiquaries. Late in life, in 1819, Englefield commissioned a number of coin-like portrait tokens or medals of himself from G. Mills. He was elected to The Royal Society of Edinburgh on 27 June, 1796, and was proposed by John Playfair, John Hall and Daniel Rutherford.
The silver member's admission tickets, each engraved with a name and the date of election to Fellowship are now extremely rare and the present group, including exceptional association pieces, is quite unprecedented in recent auction history.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh was created in 1783 by Royal Charter for "the advancement of learning and useful knowledge". It started with a small group of 178 founder members and the early meetings were held in the College Library of the University of Edinburgh.
(300-500 GBP)