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Auction 187 2 Feb 2021
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Indian Historical Medals from the Collection formed by Michael Shaw (Part II: Final)
Madras Agri-Horticultural Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, goddess of plenty standing facing, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to The Hon. Mr Eardley Norton For Trophy of Ferns, 1901), 49mm (Pudd. 948.12.2). Minor graffiti on edge, otherwise extremely fine, reverse toned £100-£120
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Eardley John Norton (1852-1931), educ. Merton College, Oxford; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1876; barrister in Madras from 1879 to 1906. Norton was appointed a member of the committee which drafted the constitution of the Indian National Congress in 1887. He retired to Bexley, Kent
Madras Agri-Horticultural Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, goddess of plenty standing facing, rev. wreath, named (Awarded to The Hon. Mr Eardley Norton For Trophy of Ferns, 1901), 49mm (Pudd. 948.12.2). Minor graffiti on edge, otherwise extremely fine, reverse toned £100-£120
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Eardley John Norton (1852-1931), educ. Merton College, Oxford; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1876; barrister in Madras from 1879 to 1906. Norton was appointed a member of the committee which drafted the constitution of the Indian National Congress in 1887. He retired to Bexley, Kent