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Auction 74 12-13 Apr 2023
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Cornwall, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, First Class copper award medal, 1834, to Robert Barclay Fox, by William Wyon, sculptured bust of James Watt l., rev. legends, edge engraved, AWARDED 24TH OCTR. 1834 – ROBERT BARCLAY FOX, 45.5mm., in (remains of) original case, choice extremely fine
Robert Barclay Fox (1817-1855), businessman, garden designer and diarist came from a well-established Cornish Quaker family. Barclay Fox and his siblings played a large part in the naming and establishment of the Cornwall Polytechnic Society, which became the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society in 1833, the year prior to the award of this medal. On his death (in Egypt on 10 March 1855 from tuberculosis), the Society wrote, "The Society, however, since our last meeting, has been deprived of the services of Mr. R. B. Fox, who, on all occasions, not only aided the institution by his varied and powerful intelligence but practically and laboriously assisted in carrying it on". Barclay Fox developed Penjerrick Garden, started by his father, Robert Were Fox, F.R.S. and competing with his uncles Charles Fox of Trebah and Alfred Fox of Glendurgan. All three gardens are now open to the public.
Estimate: 60 - 80 GBP
Robert Barclay Fox (1817-1855), businessman, garden designer and diarist came from a well-established Cornish Quaker family. Barclay Fox and his siblings played a large part in the naming and establishment of the Cornwall Polytechnic Society, which became the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society in 1833, the year prior to the award of this medal. On his death (in Egypt on 10 March 1855 from tuberculosis), the Society wrote, "The Society, however, since our last meeting, has been deprived of the services of Mr. R. B. Fox, who, on all occasions, not only aided the institution by his varied and powerful intelligence but practically and laboriously assisted in carrying it on". Barclay Fox developed Penjerrick Garden, started by his father, Robert Were Fox, F.R.S. and competing with his uncles Charles Fox of Trebah and Alfred Fox of Glendurgan. All three gardens are now open to the public.
Estimate: 60 - 80 GBP