Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH MEDALS, Medals by Benetto Pistrucci (1783-1855), John Chetwynd Talbot (1806-1852), Gold Talbot Scholarship Medal of Charterhouse School, 1853 (awarded 1895), by Benedetto Pistrucci, bust of Talbot left, rev NOVA VIRTUTE: PVER MACTE. MDCCCLIII, edge named HENRY RIVERS NEVILL, 37mm, 29.6g (BHM 2156; Stef pl.37). Choice extremely fine.
Hon John Chetwynd Talbot (1806-1852), QC in 1843, Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales 1849-1852. The medal, as well as being a prize, records the death of Talbot and it proved to be Benedetto Pistrucci's last medallic work. 81 gold medals were awarded between 1853 and 1932. See also: Marsh, M A 'The deserving scholar and the intrepid newspaperman: two medals by Benedetto Pistrucci", The Medal 38 (2001), pp.51-55.
Henry Rivers Neville joined the Indian Civil Service and by 1902 was an Assistant Magistrate in Agra and Oudh. He published multiple Gazeteers.
Estimate: £800-1200
Hon John Chetwynd Talbot (1806-1852), QC in 1843, Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales 1849-1852. The medal, as well as being a prize, records the death of Talbot and it proved to be Benedetto Pistrucci's last medallic work. 81 gold medals were awarded between 1853 and 1932. See also: Marsh, M A 'The deserving scholar and the intrepid newspaperman: two medals by Benedetto Pistrucci", The Medal 38 (2001), pp.51-55.
Henry Rivers Neville joined the Indian Civil Service and by 1902 was an Assistant Magistrate in Agra and Oudh. He published multiple Gazeteers.
Estimate: £800-1200