Lot 330
A small late 19th century mahogany collector's cabinet with a collection of Scientific Interest medals
Auction: 19 July 2017 at 12:00 BST
Description
to include; bronze, silver, silver gilt medals, Royal Mint commemorative medal for the tercentenary of birth of John Harrison; bronze for Colin MacLaurin mathematician to Agnes Gray 1925; bronze 1986 Halley's comet; gilt bronze for Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, prize medal; bronze for Gottfried Wilhelm von Liebniz, mathematics; Pascal, mathematics and physics (2); silver and bronze for Dalton; white metal, Marc Isambard Brunel commemorating opening Thames Tunnel 1843 and another small in brass; Bronze commemorating death of Sir Isaac Newton by Dassier; Silver Isaac Newton Glasgow University medal by Wyon; silver, oval Royal Society of Edinburgh to John F W Herschel, mathematician 1820; bronze, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Scociety Henry Lumley; gilt, Royal college of Science celebrating Thomas Henry Huxley to Robert Cedric Knight 1922; a limited edition bronze medal of 25 designed by Christopher Dean to mark the bi-centenary of Sir Humphrey Davy, inventor of the Davy Lamp (12cm diameter). a small group of tokens and coins. Part listed with a full SET OF IMAGES OF ALL COINS AND MEDALS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST, OTHERWISE PERSONAL VIEWING ADVISED (qty)