Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2023 NYINC Auction 13-16 Jan 2023
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GREAT BRITAIN. British Chemical Society Highest Merit Gold Medal, 1961. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
Diameter: 63mm; Weight: 175.79 gms. Engraved and awarded to Sir Cyril Hinshelwood. Obverse: Head facing on central medallion, all set upon a star of eight points, with alchemical symbols between each point; in the margins, four allegorical and mythical figures in various positions; Reverse: SOC. / CHEM. / INDVSTR. / OPTIME / MERENTI in five lines within central medallion; all within wreath. Edge: SIR CYRIL HINSHELWOOD, O.M., F.R.S. 1961 (engraved) & six hallmarks, one of which conveys the fineness (0.375 or 9k). Includes original box of issue. A VERY RARE and enticing medal, this piece was awarded to the Nobel laureate in 1956 in the field of chemistry. Quite elegantly toned, with some cabernet hues in the recesses.
From the Augustana Collection.
Estimate: $3500 - $5000
Diameter: 63mm; Weight: 175.79 gms. Engraved and awarded to Sir Cyril Hinshelwood. Obverse: Head facing on central medallion, all set upon a star of eight points, with alchemical symbols between each point; in the margins, four allegorical and mythical figures in various positions; Reverse: SOC. / CHEM. / INDVSTR. / OPTIME / MERENTI in five lines within central medallion; all within wreath. Edge: SIR CYRIL HINSHELWOOD, O.M., F.R.S. 1961 (engraved) & six hallmarks, one of which conveys the fineness (0.375 or 9k). Includes original box of issue. A VERY RARE and enticing medal, this piece was awarded to the Nobel laureate in 1956 in the field of chemistry. Quite elegantly toned, with some cabernet hues in the recesses.
From the Augustana Collection.
Estimate: $3500 - $5000