Baldwin & Sons
Auction 81 10 May 2013
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. BRITISH MEDALS. Scotland, The Beggars' Benison Club, Anstruther, Scotland, oval Silver-gilt Member's Badge (1732), Adam and Eve naked, lion at their feet, he reaching for the apple, BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY, rev Adonis, with spear and dog, stands over a recumbant Venus, LOSE NO OPPORTUNITY, 43mm x 29mm (MI II, 526/87; Eimer 545; D&W 57). Good very fine.
"The Most Ancient and Most Puissant Order of the Beggar's Benison and Merryland", better known as The Beggar's Benison, was a gentlemen's club founded in 1732 and devoted to "the convivial celebration of male sexuality". Its benison or motto, "May prick and purse never fail you", goes a long way to establish the calibre of the club. For a similar medal sold recently, see the Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin's Auction 64, 4 May 2010, lot 644.
Estimate: £350-400
"The Most Ancient and Most Puissant Order of the Beggar's Benison and Merryland", better known as The Beggar's Benison, was a gentlemen's club founded in 1732 and devoted to "the convivial celebration of male sexuality". Its benison or motto, "May prick and purse never fail you", goes a long way to establish the calibre of the club. For a similar medal sold recently, see the Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin's Auction 64, 4 May 2010, lot 644.
Estimate: £350-400